People with COPD experience changes in their bodies. It starts with damage to the airways and tiny sacs in your lungs. That progresses to a wet cough and difficulty breathing, which can then get ...

Self-administered high-flow therapy for COPD and type 1 respiratory failure: benefit not proven Due to a lack of meaningful study data, no benefit can be derived. As the legal requirements for a ...

Five-year View . In a landmark meeting half a century ago, William Briscoe used the term COPD. Since then, the pathophysiology and treatment modalities of chronic bronchitis and emphysema filled ...

Another recent paper, again from the COPDGene study, has given us an additional indicator in identifying these frequent exacerbators. [] Interestingly, they studied 10,000 people with COPD and ...