The COPD Educator Course is a three partial-day course. Recognize that COPD is preventable and treatable and increasing in prevalence. COPD Diagnosis and Management Discuss and understand the ...

End-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to being in the final stages of the disease. At this stage, you can expect to experience significant shortness of breath even when resting ...

Though I attempted to follow my treatment plan and watched for signs of an impending exacerbation, one crept up on me this summer and caused a worsening of my dyspnea, or the shortness of breath that ...

However, she was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) back in 2018, which may have been the cause of her passing. Obst told THR she was “a passionate smoker” from age 16 until ...

Because pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often causes shortness of breath, swelling, and fatigue, exercise may seem like the last thing you should do. But the right kind -- with your doctor ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is one of five types of pulmonary hypertension. It happens when the blood vessels in your lungs narrow and scar so much that it’s hard for blood to move ...

In most cases, bronchitis is not life-threatening. However, complications can arise, particularly in individuals with weakened immune systems, children, the elderly, or those with preexisting lung ...

With the earlier definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients were ... and mucus plugging of the airways. Inflammation causes fibrosis in the airways and loss of tissue ...

highlighting the heterogeneity in chronic inflammatory pathways that underlie chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pathophysiology. In ‘A Breath of Fresh Air: A Greater Understanding of COPD ...

The main objective was to discuss the clinical aspects, diagnosis, and pathophysiology of bronchiectasis, a chronic, abnormal dilation of the bronchi, and its association with other lung diseases. The ...

Mice were administered with 50µg of Escherichia coli O55:B55 LPS (Sigma) or poly(I:C) (Invivogen) in PBS (25 µL per mouse, intranasally) to induce TLR-4 or 3-mediated acute lung injury (ALI), ...