Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a manifestation of structural violence, the process through which societies ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lower respiratory diseases are among leading causes of U.S. deaths per ...
Dialysis Centers used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to examine the prevalence of chronic diseases ...
Researchers have identified new lung function and blood test cutoffs to improve timely chronic hypercapnia management in ...
Researchers reported that a lung MRI technique that uses inhaled gas can identify early patchy lung defects in patients with ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease surveillance–UnitedStates, 1971-2000. . 2002;51:1-20. Vital Health Stat 3. Lucas JW, Schiller JS, Benson V. Summary health statistics for U.S. adults ...
Objective: To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of high-dose N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in the treatment of patients with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
“Patients with mild-to-moderate COPD who have low exercise tolerance are likely to experience poor respiratory health outcomes,” the investigators concluded. “Exercise tolerance may be considered one ...