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Controversies and challenges in respiratory medicine
Caring for patients with COPD and COVID-19: a viewpoint to spark discussion

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  • Sami O Simons Department of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John R Hurst Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, UCL Medical School, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marc Miravitlles Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitari Vall d"Hebron, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBER), Barcelona, Spain PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Frits M E Franssen Department of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands Department of Research and Development, CIRO, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, the Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daisy J A Janssen Department of Research and Development, CIRO, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, the Netherlands Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alberto Papi Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marieke L Duiverman Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Home Mechanical Ventilation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Groningen Research Institute of Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Huib A M Kerstjens Groningen Research Institute of Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sami O Simons, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands; sami.simons{at}mumc.nl
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Simons SO, Hurst JR, Miravitlles M, et al
Caring for patients with COPD and COVID-19: a viewpoint to spark discussion
Thorax 2020;75:1035-1039.

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  • First published September 2, 2020.
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November 16, 2020

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