Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can result from chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Some people may also have COPD and asthma, which can worsen both conditions. Chronic obstructive ...

“Emphysema is part of a group of lung conditions which comes under the umbrella term chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and also includes chronic bronchitis,” explains Rubach.

“Patients with mild-to-moderate COPD who have low exercise tolerance are likely to experience poor respiratory health outcomes,” the investigators concluded. “Exercise tolerance may be considered one ...

Emphysema harms the air sacs and ... and breathing muscles (the diaphragm and muscles in between the ribs) more room to expand in the chest cavity for easier breathing. A small percentage of patients ...

The difference between the slow and fast capacity in ... three tests were performed in 67 patients with obstructive pulmonary emphysema with or without demonstrable bronchospasm.

2 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine ... This diversity also suggests that there might be differences between individuals and even in the same individual at different times. With the exception of ...

BIDMC is the first hospital in Boston and the second in the United States to offer minimally invasive endobronchial lung volume reduction, a technique that shows great promise for treating advanced ...

Post hoc analysis using the Scheffe test showed no differences between non-smokers ... loss of elastic recoil caused by emphysema. As shown previously, 12, 23 sputum neutrophil counts were ...