Article
[Toward personalized and integrated treatment of patients with COPD].
Archivos de bronconeumologia - 1 Dec 2010
Ancochea Julio, Gómez García Teresa, de Miguel Díez Javier
Abstract excerpt
The concept of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is broad and generic. In clinical practice and research, the definition of COPD is based on the extent of airflow obstruction measured through spirometry. However, it is currently known that this disease encompasses a complex variety of cellular, anatomical, functional and clinical manifestations that could allow distinct COPD phenotypes to be defined....
Topics
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
- Bronchodilator Agents
- Case Management
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Comorbidity
- Expectorants
- Genetic Therapy
- Humans
- Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
- Patient Education as Topic
- Phenotype