TY - JOUR T1 - Inhaled corticosteroids and mortality in COPD JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 918 LP - 918 VL - 61 IS - 10 AU - D D Sin Y1 - 2006/10/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/61/10/918.2.abstract N2 - In his letter published in the August edition of Thorax, Dr Stirling1 raises many issues regarding the role of inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). As pointed out by Dr Stirling, there are compelling data to indicate that inhaled corticosteroids reduce clinically relevant exacerbations by nearly a third and improve … ER -