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What does COPD stand for?
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Chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease
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How is COPD best exemplified?
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by chronic bronchitis & obstructive emphysema
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What does damage due to Chronic Bronchitis & obstructive emphysema affect?
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Airway radius
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What is the key feature or the most prevalent thing about COPD?
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-diminished ability to exhale
-RV increases -trapping old skanky O2 -CO2 moist-leads to infections |
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What becomes more frequent w/COPD?
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dyspnia==>labored breathing
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Give symptoms or things that occurs with having COPD?
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-lots of coughing
-frequent pulmonary infection -progressive damage to lung -most patients eventually die from respiratory failure |