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Airway Obstruction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
New England Journal of Medicine, 2004---
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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 rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Annales de Réadaptation et de Médecine Physique, 2007Pulmonary rehabilitation, a multidisciplinary and structured intervention for patients with chronic pulmonary diseases, has been shown to improve exercise tolerance, reduce dyspnea and improve health-related quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation appears to be cost-effective, since it reduces health care utilization. Exercise training represents the
E, Derom, E, Marchand, T, Troosters
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Chest Surgery Clinics of North America, 1995The prevalence of COPD has increased as mortality from the two organ systems affected by the same risk factors of smoking, heart attacks and strokes, has decreased. Once diagnosed, COPD is progressive and may lead to disability, usually due to dyspnea, at a relatively early age (60 to 80 years of age).
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nursing Older People, 1999M, Tregonning, C, Langley
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Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineAbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is a vascular disease characterized by pulmonary artery remodeling and right heart failure. PH related to COPD is a precapillary form of the disease, with hemodynamic measurements including a mean pulmonary artery pressure of greater than 20 mm Hg, a wedge pressure of less than 15 mm Hg, and a pulmonary vascular ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Medical Journal of Australia, 1989C R, Jenkins, C A, Mitchell
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