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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
Nursing Standard, 2002Chronic obstructive airways disease is a chronic, progressive disorder characterised by airways obstruction. The author discusses the management of patients with this condition, and examines the use of bronchodilator therapy, inhaled steroids, smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation.
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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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Pulmonary Embolism and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, 2022AbstractChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a frequent and devastating chronic respiratory disease. COPD is ranked among the top five causes of death worldwide. Patients with COPD suffer from persistent dyspnea, with periods of acute worsening, called exacerbations. Such exacerbations may be severe.
Laurent Bertoletti +3 more
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Update on the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2019Update on the Pathogenesis of COPD A pair of review articles examines our current understanding of the biology, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A. AgustÃ, J. Hogg
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Update on Clinical Aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2019Update on Clinical Aspects of COPD A pair of review articles examines our current understanding of the biology, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
B. Celli, J. Wedzicha
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Diagnosis and Outpatient Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Review
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2019Importance There are 30 million adults (12%) in the United States who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease accounts for 3.2% of all physician office visits annually and is the fourth leading cause of ...
C. Riley, F. Sciurba
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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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Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Physiotherapy, 2001The widespread application pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be preceded by demonstrable improvements in function attributable to the programs. This review updates that reported by Lacasse et al Lancet 1996; 748:1115-1119.To determine the impact of rehabilitation on health-related quality of life (QoL) and ...
Y Lacasse +7 more
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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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