A study in this week’s NEJM adds to a growing body of evidence linking childhood asthma to the development of COPD in early adulthood. The CAMP study of 684 children with persistent asthma discovered that by early adulthood three-quarters of the participants displayed an early decline in lung function and/or reduced lung growth. At the ...
Asthma
Persistent childhood asthma can develop into COPD
12 May 2016