Article
Identification of a predominant COPD phenotype in clinical practice.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Mar 2008
Pistolesi Massimo, Camiciottoli Gianna, Paoletti Matteo, Marmai Cecilia, Lavorini Federico, Meoni Eleonora, Marchesi Carlo, Giuntini Carlo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow limitation caused by small airways increased resistance and/or terminal airspaces emphysematous destruction. Spirometric detection of not fully reversible airflow limitation unifies under the acronym COPD, a spectrum of heterogeneous conditions, whose clinical presentations may be substantially different. In a cross-sectional...
Topics
- Aged
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Respiratory Function Tests