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2. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

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   The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) is a non-profit organization started by the World Health Organization and the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in 1997 to improve care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [1][2] They have organized the annual awareness day, World COPD Day, every November ...

3. Effect of oxygen on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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   Signs and symptoms. In individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and similar lung problems, the clinical features of oxygen toxicity are due to high carbon dioxide content in the blood (hypercapnia). [1] This leads to drowsiness (narcosis), deranged acid-base balance due to respiratory acidosis, and death.

4. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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   Specialty. Respirology, emergency medicine. An acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB), is a sudden worsening of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms including shortness of breath, quantity and color of phlegm that typically lasts for several days.

5. A Guide for Living With COPD - AOL

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6. US FDA approves Verona Pharma's inhaled COPD therapy - AOL

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   June 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM. By Pratik Jain and Sruthi Narasimha Chari. (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to a treatment from Verona Pharma for a chronic lung ...

7. Obstructive lung disease - Wikipedia

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   Obstructive lung disease is a category of respiratory disease characterized by airway obstruction. Many obstructive diseases of the lung result from narrowing (obstruction) of the smaller bronchi and larger bronchioles, often because of excessive contraction of the smooth muscle itself. It is generally characterized by inflamed and easily ...