title: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with HIV: an emerging problem.
abstract: People with well-controlled HIV now have normal life expectancies and physicians managing these patients are increasingly encountering co-existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This article reviews similarities with this disease in the general population and highlights key differences including significant drug-drug interactions.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Registrar in the Department of Respiratory Medicine, University College Hospital London, London NW1 2BU.
authors.forename: Andrew T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Scourfield
authors.forename: Sarah R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Doffman
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D058666:Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D058666:Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids