Inhalation treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older patients
Stenmanns, C.; Frohnhofen, H.; Münks-Lederer, C.; Matthes, S. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025 · Heft 2 · S. 97 bis 102
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Zusammenfassung
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is frequent in older patients. Frailty, cognitive impairment and sarcopenia are predictors for inadequately performed lung function testing as well as presenting challenges in subsequent disease management. Underdiagnosis and suboptimal treatment are often the result of incomplete assessment of older COPD patients. Problems associated with older COPD patients are not adequately addressed in international guidelines, although numerous evidence-based strategies are available. A key aspect is the management of the various inhaler devices. Up to 60–80% of older patients w…
