Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Progressive airflow obstruction, most often from smoking.
Prevention
Do not smoke; avoid air pollutants.
Prognosis
Chronic and progressive; treatment slows decline and eases symptoms.
Informational only — not medical advice.
Research (5)
- Clinical inertia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Inoue (2024)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Present and Future Krishnan et al. (2022)
- Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Sharma et al. (2020)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Pathogenesis Agusti et al. (2020)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Bonnevie et al. (2020)
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