Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease : Management of Chronic Disease  

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Russell, Richard ; Norcliffe, Jayne

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Medical Progress vol. 36 no. 01 (Jan. 2009), page 18.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: M36.K.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the disease which has been described as the epidemic of our time. Once estabilised, COPD causes irreversible airway obstruction that offten results in breathlessness for the patient. The management of this condition involves initially an accurate diagnosis and a clinical and functional assessment. Treatment is aimed at preventing acute attack (exacerbation) of disease and stoping disease progression. smoking cessation is the most effective intervention in both preventing disease develoment and progression, followed by pulmonary rehabilitation, a multidisciplinary series of exercise and education sessions which have been shown to both clinically and cost effective. Patients can be educated about their disease.

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