Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2007)

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Tiotropium in Canadian Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  • Charles KN Chan,
  • François Maltais,
  • Chris Sigouin,
  • Jennifer M Haddon,
  • Gordon T Ford,
  • on behalf of the SAFE Study Group

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/192961
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 8
pp. 465 – 472

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who smoke have a greater annual rate of decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) than those patients who have stopped smoking.