| Autor: |
Allan Klitgaard, Rikke Ibsen, Jesper Lykkegaard, Ole Hilberg, Anders Løkke |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Biomedicines, Vol 12, Iss 2, p 372 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2227-9059 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/biomedicines12020372 |
| Popis: |
Recommendations for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have shifted towards a more restrictive use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). We aimed to identify the nationwide development over time in the use of ICS treatment in COPD. We conducted a register-based repeated cross-sectional study using Danish nationwide registers. On a yearly basis from 1998 to 2018, we included all patients in Denmark ≥ 40 years of age with an ICD-10 diagnosis of COPD (J44). Accumulated ICS use was calculated for each year based on redeemed prescriptions. Patients were divided into the following groups: No ICS, low-dose ICS, medium-dose ICS, or high-dose ICS. From 1998 to 2018, the yearly proportion of patients without ICS treatment increased (from 50.6% to 57.6%), the proportion of patients on low-dose ICS treatment increased (from 11.3% to 14.9%), and the proportion of patients on high-dose ICS treatment decreased (from 17.0% to 9.4%). We demonstrated a national reduction in the use of ICS treatment in COPD from 1998 to 2018, with an increase in the proportion of patients without ICS and on low-dose ICS treatment and a decrease in the proportion of patients on high-dose ICS treatment. |
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