Comprehensive Guidelines For Diagnosis And Treatment Of Stable COPD Issued By ACP

The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a new clinical practice guideline on diagnosing and treating stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a slowly progressive lung disease involving the airways and lung tissue, resulting in a gradual loss of lung function, typically as a result of smoking.COPD affects more than 5 percent of the adult population in the United States and is the fourth leading cause of death and twelfth leading cause of illness. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Respiratory on November 2nd, 2007