COPD and Beta Blocker and Contraindication!

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We all shaky when we want to start Beta Blocker in COPD Patients! One of the traditional contraindication in COPD patients is using Beta Blcoker, Thorax BMJ reported a study that was done in US and showed betal blockers areĀ  associatedĀ  with a significant reduction in COPD exacerbations regardless of severity of airflow obstruction.

 

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