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2. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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   E-nose showed the ability to smell the cause of the exacerbation. [8] The definition of a COPD exacerbation is commonly described as "lost in translation", [9] meaning that there is no universally accepted standard with regard to defining an acute exacerbation of COPD. Many organizations consider it a priority to create such a standard, as it ...

3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

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   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. [8] GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea or shortness of breath, cough, sputum production or exacerbations) due to abnormalities of the airways (bronchitis ...

4. How To Be Active in Your Treatment Journey With COPD - AOL

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   Gordon didn’t know at the time that this episode was caused by COPD, a progressive disease that damages lungs and makes it hard to breathe. 1 Looking back, he recognizes there were many missed ...

5. Effect of oxygen on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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   Many people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a low partial pressure of oxygen in the blood and high partial pressure of carbon dioxide.Treatment with supplemental oxygen may improve their well-being; alternatively, in some this can lead to the adverse effect of elevating the carbon dioxide content in the blood (hypercapnia) to levels that may become toxic.

6. A Guide for Living With COPD - AOL

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   In the past, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—a lung condition that limits airflow into your lungs and causes difficulty breathing—was thought to be a men’s disease. This was in ...

7. Obstructive lung disease - Wikipedia

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   The most common cause of COPD is cigarette smoking. COPD is a gradually progressive condition and usually only develops after about 20 pack-years of smoking. COPD may also be caused by breathing in other particles and gases. [citation needed] The diagnosis of COPD is established through spirometry although other pulmonary function tests can be ...