The Cochrane Airways Group assists in the production and maintenance of systematic reviews and a register of trials that assess the effects of treatments in the management of obstructive or inflammatory diseases of the airway. Our reviews and our trials register cover the following:
- Chronic and acute asthma (including allergic / atopic asthma, exercise-induced asthma, and occupational asthma)
- Stable and acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis/emphysema)
- Obstructive sleep apnoea
- Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
- Interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary sarcoidosis
- Pulmonary hypertension and
- Chronic cough (cough lasting over 3 weeks).
The following topics are covered by other Cochrane review groups as indicated below:
- Rhinitis (Cochrane Ear, Nose and Throat Group)
- Lung cancer (Cochrane Lung Cancer Group)
- Acute bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and emphysema (Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group)
- Anaphylaxis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (Cochrane Anaesthesia Group)
- Cystic fibrosis (Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group) and
- Interventions to prevent and treat tobacco addiction (Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group).
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