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Abstract
Topics Series Obstructive Lung Disease
Patterns and management of comorbidities in COPD
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
ABSTRACT
It is well known that patients with COPD often have several comorbidities, including pulmonary and extra-pulmonary diseases. Systemic inlammation and other unknown factors might contribute to the occurrences of comorbidities. Some of these conditions are known to affect the clinical course of COPD patients, and clinicians should be aware that COPD is a systemic disease. Further investigations are necessary to enable the proper management of these comorbidities in COPD patients.
KEYWORDS
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Comorbidity Complication Prognosis
AJRS, 3(3): 344-351, 2014
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