Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is responsible for early mortality, high death
rates and significant cost to health systems. The projection for 2020 indicates that COPD will …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of world-wide mortality
and disability. On average∼ 5–15% of adults in industrialized countries have COPD defined …

Abstract Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of
morbidity and mortality in the industrialized and the developing countries. During 1997 …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues to cause a heavy health and
economic burden around the world. Recent studies have added evidence to the etiologic …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fifth cause of morbidity and mortality in
the developed world and represents a substantial economic and social burden. Patients …

By 2020, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be the third cause of mortality.
Extrapulmonary comorbidities influence the prognosis of patients with COPD. Tobacco …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable disease that
causes a heavy health and increasing economic burden both in the United States and …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is rapidly becoming a global public health
crisis, with around three million people predicted to die from the disease in 2006 [1, 2]. There …

Background and objective Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) incidence,
prevalence, mortality and socioeconomic burden are considerable and vary across …

Prevalence of COPD is 4 to 10% in developed countries according to spirometric studies.
COPD is markedly under-diagnosed, only 1/3 of patients being recognised. COPD is the …