Despite being the most common respiratory disorder in the developed world and the fourth
leading cause of death in the US, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has …

There is intense scientific and clinical interest in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), which is reflected in the increasing number of articles in scientific journals on this …

Update on Clinical Aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | NEJM Skip to main
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Abstract The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) was developed
recently to unify international efforts in the management of the disease. The most important …

• With respect to patients, COPD causes physical impairment, debility, reduced quality of life,
and death. It is the fourth-ranked cause of death in the United States, killing more than …

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The text that follows reviews and discusses the papers published in the Journal on chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during 2011. Whenever relevant, works published …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent disease that has a
large impact on quality of life for patients and their families and kills millions of people …

Writing on the definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Dr Nicholas
Gross once compared it to defining love,“everybody knows what it is, but each individual …

Over the past decade there has been much research and interest in COPD. As a result, the
understanding and management of the disease has improved significantly. Yet, there are …