COPD is a progressive lung disease that includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It causes persistent shortness of breath, ...

Although COPD itself is regarded as one risk factor for osteoporosis, the relationship between the extent of emphysema and reduced bone density is still unclear. Our first aim was therefore to ...

a risk that increases with emphysema severity, according to a new ... New Tool Better Predicts COPD Risk for People of Non-European Ancestry May 3, 2022 — Initial tests of a new 'crystal ball ...

to 52 mm. of mercury (p less than 0.05). Only 3 of the 6 patients with pulmonary emphysema had a reduction in carbon dioxide tension but none showed striking changes in oxygen saturation or pH values.

Lower pulmonary microvascular blood volume (PMBV) is associated with greater percent emphysema in those with a diffuse emphysema subtype.

The following is a summary of “Association of Ground-Glass Opacities with Systemic Inflammation and Progression of Emphysema, ...

Single items on the COPD Assessment Test were associated with different outcomes for smokers versus nonsmokers, which could ...