Chronic Bronchitis Is Associated With Worse Symptoms and Quality of Life Than Chronic Airflow Obstruction

BACKGROUND: COPD includes the chronic bronchitis (CB) and emphysema phenotypes. Although it is generally assumed that emphysema or chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) is associated with worse quality of life (QOL) than is CB, this assumption has not been tested. METHODS: The current study’s analyses f...

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Publicado no:Chest
Main Authors: Meek, Paula M., Petersen, Hans, Washko, George R., Diaz, Alejandro A., Kim, Victor, Sood, Akshay, Tesfaigzi, Yohannes
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: American College of Chest Physicians 2015
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524327/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25741880
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.14-2240
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