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Mortality and vertebral fracture risk associated with long-term oral steroid use in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systemic review and meta-analysis.
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- Evaluating inhaled corticosteroids' impact on osteoporosis and fracture risk in COPD patients: a real-world evidence-based systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of fracture risk in inhaled corticosteroids in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Pooled it
- [Osteoporosis in pneumological diseases : Joint guideline of the Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ÖGKM) and the Austrian Society for Pneumology (ÖGP)].Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2021Guideline
- Recommendations Following Hospitalization for Acute Exacerbation of COPD-A Consensus Statement of the Polish Respiratory Society.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Engineered MSC-Exosomes Delivering miRNAs for Respiratory Disease Diagnostics and Therapy: Opportunities and Challenges.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Changes in Oral Corticosteroid Utilization in Patients with COPD Following Initiation of FF/UMEC/VI.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Article
- Prevention and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis in Adults: Consensus Recommendations From the Belgian Bone Club.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Allogeneic umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot clinical study.Stem cell research & therapy · 2020Article
- [Comprehensive approach to comorbidities in COPD: expert recommendations].Open respiratory archivesReview
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Abstract
Short-term oral steroid use may improve lung function and respiratory symptoms in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, long-term oral steroid (LTOS) use is not recommended owing to its potential adverse effects. Our study aimed to investigate whether chronic use of oral steroids for more than 4 months would increase mortality and vertebral fracture risk in patients with stable COPD. A systemic search of the PubMed database was conducted, and meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3. Five studies with a total of 1795 patients showed there was an increased risk of mortality in patients using LTOS (relative risk, 1.63; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.19-2.23; p < 0.0001; I
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