Even if you’re already being treated for COPD, it’s possible to experience an exacerbation, or acute flare-up of your condition. This may involve various symptoms of breathing difficulties ...

Doctors define pulmonary aspiration as accidentally inhaling an object or fluid into the airways. It can lead to coughing, difficulty breathing, discomfort, and sometimes choking. In some cases ...

Introduction Definition. The most recent guidelines issued by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) define COPD as follows []:. Chronic obstructive ...

Obesity (and being overweight) can affect your lung function, causing your COPD symptoms to worsen. Learn what the effects are and how to manage both conditions.

For people with COPD—and their care providers—the future looks bright. ... the new definition emphasized the heterogeneity of COPD in terms of its underlying drivers and long-term disease course.

However, a definition that was based on a postbronchodilator FEV 1:FVC cutoff of 0.75 led to fewer participants being categorized as having preserved pulmonary function (577 participants with the ...

The first of two McKnight’s webinars on the condition — “Management of COPD in Older Persons” — will take place at 1 p.m. ET April 9. MCKNIGHT’S LONG-TERM CARE NEWS; ...

The definition of pulmonary vascular disease is simple: any condition that affects the blood vessels along the route between the heart and lungs. Blood travels from the heart, ...

The GOLD staging is a new initiative to define COPD patients with frequent-exacerbation phenotype. This model stratifies patients into four groups (A, B, C, or D) depending on the frequency of ...

The GOLD Science Committee updated the definition of COPD to reflect the heterogeneous nature of this condition, stating that COPD is characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea, cough ...