Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects more than 26 million adults in the United States. Family physicians provide care for most of these patients. Cigarette smoking is the leading risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, although other risk factors, including occupational and environmental exposures, account for up to one in six cases. Patients presenting with chronic coug...

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The Effects of a Multidisciplinary Supportive Program on Caregiver Burden among the Family Caregivers Patients with Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Controlled Field Trial

Quantitative analyzes of the variability in airways via four-dimensional dynamic ventilation CT patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: correlation spirometry data and severity airflow limitation

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease, and its treatment still controversial. Statins have been proven to anti-inflammatory immunomodulatory effects, but their effectiveness in the of COPD unclear. We conducted this meta-analysis more accurately evaluate therapeutic effect statins on patients.

26 Background: Glucocorticoid function is markedly impaired in the lungs of patients with 27 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This reduction in glucocorticoid sensitivity may be 28 due to an oxidant-mediated elevation in phosphoinositol 3-kinase  signaling. 29 Objective: To determine the role of phosphoinositol 3-kinase  in the reduced glucocorticoid 30 responsiveness in chronic obstruc...