A controlled trial of prednisone, in low dosage, in patients with chronic airways obstruction.
D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003371:Cough; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000188:drug therapy; D004804:Eosinophils; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010919:Placebos; D010993:Plethysmography, Whole Body; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D012907:Smoking; D013147:Spirometry; D013183:Sputum; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio / Q000187:drug effects; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000187:drug effects
D010919:Placebos; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D007545:Isoproterenol; D010100:Oxygen; D011241:Prednisone