The diagnosis of COPD can be frustrating for both the patient and the physician, especially when a patient is identified as having the frequent-exacerbation phenotype. Counseling these patients is ...

The evolution of a disease resulting in functional changes in your body is known as pathophysiology. To understand COPD’s pathophysiology, it’s important to understand the structure of the ...

Anzueto A, Miravitlles M (2017) Pathophysiology of dyspnea in COPD. Postgraduate Medicine; 129: 3, 366-374. Bloom CI et al (2017) S126 Description of palliative care support for COPD patients within ...

This article, the first in a two-part series, describes its pathophysiology, diagnosis and prognosis. Citation: Gundry S (2019) COPD 1: pathophysiology, diagnosis and prognosis. Nursing Times [online] ...