Article
[Complexity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Individualized treatment, new approaches, phenotypes and comorbidities].
Revista clinica espanola - 1 Mar 2011
Martín-Escudero J C
Abstract excerpt
The current definition and severity stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) focus excessively on spirometric criteria alone. Measurement of chronic airflow obstruction and its degree of reversibility is complex. The etiology of this disease cannot be fully explained in relation to smoking and the heterogeneity of this systemic disease that affects mainly the lung cannot be expressed through forced...
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