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COPD: Pathogenesis and Clinical Features
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2024
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of lung conditions that progressively worsen over time, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. This cluster of diseases collectively leads to a gradual and irreversible decline in lung function over time. The primary cause for the onset of COPD is cigarette smoking and exposure to air pollution. These hazardous factors initiate a chain reaction within the lungs, resulting in chronic inflammation, damage to the airways, and a...
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COPD: Management Using Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids
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2024
Chronic obstructive pulmonary isease (COPD) involves a group of progressive lung disorders characterized by persistent airflow limitation and chronic respiratory symptoms. Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS), encompassing features of both asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is a group of progressive lung disorders that includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and refractory (non-reversible) asthma. ACOS leads to complex clinical presentations that combine the inflammatory...
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Proper Adjustment of Patient Attire during the Physical Exam
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2023
Source: Jaideep S. Talwalkar, MD, and Joseph Donroe, MD, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT In order to optimize the predictive value of the physical examination, the provider must perform maneuvers correctly. The proper use of drapes is an important component of correctly performing physical examination maneuvers. Skin lesions are missed when "inspection" occurs through clothing, crackles are erroneously reported when the lungs are examined through a...
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Quantitative Immunohistochemistry of the Cellular Microenvironment in Patient Glioblastoma Resections
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2017
This protocol was developed to quantitatively identify tumor microenvironment components in glioblastoma patient resections using chromogenic immunohistochemistry and ImageJ.
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Methyl-binding DNA capture Sequencing for Patient Tissues
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2016
Here we present a protocol to investigate genome wide DNA methylation in large scale clinical patient screening studies using the Methyl-Binding DNA Capture sequencing (MBDCap-seq or MBD-seq) technology and the subsequent bioinformatics analysis pipeline.
FAQs
Airway inflammation can narrow the passages and increase mucus, making it harder for air to move out during exhalation. Damage to alveolar walls can also reduce the surface available for gas exchange. Together, these changes contribute to persistent airflow limitation and breathing difficulty, while helping explain why the condition may progressively affect respiratory function.
Spirometry provides an objective assessment of airflow obstruction rather than relying only on reported breathlessness or physical examination. Clinicians use the results with symptom history and examination findings to support diagnosis and classify severity. This information helps guide management decisions and provides a structured way to evaluate the degree of impaired expiratory airflow.
Tobacco smoke and other inhaled irritants are major risk factors because they contribute to the chronic airway and lung changes associated with COPD. Continued exposure can sustain the processes that narrow airways, increase mucus, or damage alveolar walls. Smoking cessation therefore addresses an important underlying risk and forms a central part of disease management.
Evaluation combines several sources of information rather than using one finding alone. Clinicians review the patient’s symptom history, perform a physical examination, and use spirometry to assess airflow obstruction. The combined results support diagnosis and severity classification, allowing care to be considered in relation to the patient’s breathing difficulties and measured respiratory impairment.
Management may combine smoking cessation, inhaled bronchodilators, pulmonary rehabilitation, vaccination, and oxygen therapy for selected patients. These options address different needs: reducing exposure to an important risk, supporting airflow, improving functional capacity, preventing relevant health complications, or providing oxygen when indicated. The evaluation findings help guide which measures are appropriate.
Pulmonary rehabilitation can improve exercise capacity, helping patients function more effectively despite breathing limitations. Vaccination is another component of care that may help reduce exacerbations, or episodes in which the condition worsens. Alongside other treatments, these measures can support quality of life and reduce the burden of COPD-related respiratory problems.