The awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among smokers admitting to pulmonary medicine outpatient clinic: Single center experience
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Outpatient management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The outpatient management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is designed to limit the decline in respiratory function over time, to relieve the symptoms and improve the patient's functional status, and to manage complications when they arise. Factors that predispose to airway inflammation, including cigarette smoking and respiratory infections, are prevented by behavioral modificat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gulhane Medical Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1302-0471,2146-8052
DOI: 10.4274/gulhane.galenos.2021.1517