Medscape

The COPD Assessment Test in the Evaluation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations

This study demonstrates that CAT can provide a reliable measure of exacerbation severity in COPD patients. The authors showed that at exacerbation the CAT scores significantly increased from baseline ...
Healio

2026 GOLD report addresses disease activity, technology, exacerbations in COPD

To keep up with COPD research and care developments, the 2026 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease report ...
Nature

Utility of COPD Assessment Test (CAT) in primary care consultations: a randomised controlled trial

One of the aims of the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) is to aid communication between the physician and patient about the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the patient's life.
The American Journal of Managed Care

Assessing COPD Using PROs and Exercise Test Outcomes

The assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) now allows for the evaluation of various patient-reported outcomes (PROs); however, these PROs assess different disease features than ...
Medical Xpress

Assessment of COPD exacerbation severity with the COPD Assessment Test

Exacerbation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be reliably assessed with the COPD Assessment Test (CAT), according to a new study from the UK. "There is ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Exacerbation Risk Assessment System Proves Successful for Patients With COPD, Comorbidities

Investigators of a 3-year observational study identified independent risk factors for exacerbations related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and successfully developed a novel risk ...
clinicaladvisor.com

COPD Assessment Test indicates mortality risk in interstitial lung disease

Researchers conducted a study to verify the CAT as a predictor of outcome among patients with interstitial lung disease. The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Assessment Test (CAT) ...
clinicaladvisor.com

COPD Assessment Test Submitted to FDA for Drug Development Tool Approval

COPD diagnosis Researchers have proposed that the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) be used as a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical outcomes assessment tool. Members of the COPD Biomarker ...
Nature

How I would manage a woman with COPD who is symptomatic but at low risk of an exacerbation: a primary care perspective from the UK

This 61 year-old lady with an established history of COPD (dyspnoea in the context of a 20–40 pack year smoking history and obstructive spirometry that persists despite bronchodilation) has become ...
Healio

End-stage renal disease negatively impacts COPD exacerbation hospitalization outcomes

Adults hospitalized for acute COPD exacerbation faced elevated odds for all-cause mortality and ICU admission if they had end-stage renal disease and were on dialysis, according to data presented at ...
EurekAlert!

Assessment of COPD exacerbation severity with the COPD Assessment Test

Exacerbation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be reliably assessed with the COPD Assessment Test™ (CAT), according to a new study from the UK. "There is ...