Endoscopic Volume Reduction in COPD
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Endoscopic lung volume reduction.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a category of diseases characterized by chronic airflow obstruction and hyperinflation. The GOLD committee and the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society have published detailed, evidence-based reviews of management approaches, providing stepped-care algorithms for pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapy. Over the past several d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Deutsches Aerzteblatt Online
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1866-0452
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2014.0827