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Annals of Family Medicine 4:253-262 (2006)
© 2006 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.
doi: 10.1370/afm.517
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Efficacy and Safety of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients With COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Health Outcomes

Gerald Gartlehner, MD, MPH1, Richard A. Hansen, PhD, RPh2, Shannon S. Carson, MD3 and Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD4

1 Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2 Division of Pharmaceutical Policy and Evaluative Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
3 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
4 Department of Health Policy & Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC


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  		Figure 1. Results of literature search.

 

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  		Figure 2. Relative risk meta-analysis of effects of inhaled corticosteroids on exacerbations.

COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DPI = dry powder inhaler; MDI = metered dose inhaler.

 

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  		Figure 3. Relative risk meta-analysis of effects of inhaled corticosteroids: all-cause mortality.

ICS = inhaled corticosteroid; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

 




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