Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Exacerbations are an important feature and outcome measure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of supplementation of standard treatment (inhaled long-acting β2 agonists, anticholinergics and corticosteroids) with vitamin D on pulmonary function tests in patients with COPD exacerbation.Methods: Patients referred to hospital were divided into three groups receiving 0.25...