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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2001Each month the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners' clinical practice guideline (CPG) column reviews a different set of clinical recommendations. It is important that those in practice be aware of guidelines applicable to the needs of their patients and judge the available guidelines.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1986Morbidity and mortality associated with chronic airway disease are expected to continue to rise over the coming years. Accordingly, increased attention will need to be directed toward the diagnosis and treatment of COPD in the elderly population. Cessation of cigarette smoking should be pursued in all patients regardless of age.
D A, Mahler, P B, Barlow, R A, Matthay
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Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 2003Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacts a heavy toll on society, yet its prevention, diagnosis and treatment receives inadequate attention from both the medical community and from society at large. Guidelines released in 2001 from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) are aimed at redressing this inequity.
Ken Y, Yoneda +2 more
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Pathogenesis
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2020Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been traditionally considered a self-inflicted disease caused by tobacco smoking. Current available evidence, however, indicates that the pathogenesis of COPD needs to consider the dynamic and cumulative nature of a series of environment (including smoking plus other exposures)-host interactions that ...
Alvar, Agusti, Rosa, Faner
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease comorbidities
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2016Classic descriptions of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) centered on its impact on respiratory function. It is currently recognized that comorbidities contribute to the severity of symptoms and COPD progression. Understanding COPD-comorbidities associations could provide innovative treatment strategies and identify new mechanistic pathways ...
Jeanette P, Brown, Carlos H, Martinez
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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 ...
BARNES PJ +6 more
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