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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Disease-a-Month, 1988Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is equated with chronic bronchitis and emphysema as one disease entity. In COPD airflow limitation is relatively persistent--unlike asthma. Tests for "small-airways disease" form no part of routine practice, for their accuracy in detecting pathological change is debatable.
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Rethinking chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Medical Hypotheses, 2011Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex polygenic disease characterized by an abnormal inflammatory response to smoke, and results in a progressive and debilitating condition with declining lung function. The reasons why some smokers get COPD are not known. We suggest that corticosteroid resistance, which derives from oxidative stress,
Tonello A, POLI, GIOVANNI
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Hospital Practice, 1981While the prospects of "curing" a patient of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or asthma are poor, prompt institution of appropriate drug therapy and adjunctive measures can keep the patient from becoming a respiratory cripple.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2000Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common problem in the elderly. The disease is characterised by intermittent worsening of symptoms and these episodes are called acute exacerbations. The best estimate, based on several lines of evidence, is that approximately half of all exacerbations are caused by bacteria.
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Pulmonary Biomarkers in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2006There has been increasing interest in using pulmonary biomarkers to understand and monitor the inflammation in the respiratory tract of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this Pulmonary Perspective we discuss the merits of the various approaches by reviewing the current literature on pulmonary biomarkers in COPD and ...
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Preventing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 2009The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and the American Thoracic and European Respiratory Societies boldly define chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a ‘preventable’...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nursing Older People, 1999M, Tregonning, C, Langley
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Medical Journal of Australia, 1989C R, Jenkins, C A, Mitchell
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2010Case History—A 37 yr old woman with slowly progressive breathlessness. Case History—A 45 yr old man with increasing symptoms from his known COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a slowly progressive condition that produces considerable morbidity and mortality.
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Intermittent fasting in the prevention and treatment of cancer
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2021Katherine Clifton +2 more
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