These could be based on International Classification of Dis- eases (ICD) codes, on lung function criteria, on a com- bination of lung function criteria and symptoms, or on combinations of diagnosed conditions (such as CB or emphysema, or CB, emphysema or asthma), where diag- noses were ...
My Mother's Story of Recovery COPD Disease Progression Hypothesis "Smoking introduces a pathogen into the lungs that begins proliferating soon after and continues proliferating often times for decades. As the pathogen proliferates, it occupies more and more of the patient's lung volume. The body ...
The distinct patterns of airway inflammation and structural changes underlying the pathology of asthma and COPD could contribute to airway resistance or alveolar loss and the loss of lung elastic recoil [3,4], thus leading to different clinical outcomes, even at the same airflow limitation. In ...
The distinct patterns of airway inflammation and structural changes underlying the pathology of asthma and COPD could contribute to airway resistance or alveolar loss and the loss of lung elastic recoil [3,4], thus leading to different clinical outcomes, even at the same airflow limitation. In ...