COPD or functionally COPD?

The Relationship between the Severity of Airway Obstruction and COPD Diagnostic Questionnaire Score in COPD Patients

Background & objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow limitation and systemic inflammation which is also associated with pulmonary and extra-pulmonary complications. COPD Diagnostic Questionnaire (CDQ) is a valid questionnaire that is used to identify patients with COPD. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between ...

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COPD is characterised by airflow limitation that is largely irreversible because of damage to the airways and lung tissue; it therefore does not include asthma, where the airflow obstruction is potentially fully reversible (DTB 2001). However, both diseases are common and in some patients coexist. The main cause of COPD is tobacco smoking (Chen 1999). Patients with stable COPD experience chroni...

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Since the early work of Fletcher and Martin in the early 1980s researchers have looked at the association of erectile dysfunction in people with a diagnosis of COPD. Although a seemingly common problem with most of the studies reporting a similar prevalence, the matter is not straight forward as it is compounded by the various methodological differences within the studies, the presence of co-mo...

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COPD or functionally COPD?

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The Relationship between the Severity of Airway Obstruction and COPD Diagnostic Questionnaire Score in COPD Patients

ACUPUNCTURE AND COPD About COPD

Erectile dysfunction and COPD -- Cause or association

Erectile dysfunction and COPD -- Cause or association

Erectile dysfunction and COPD -- Cause or association

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