Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered to be a complex, multicomponent, heterogeneous disease, the pathology, clinical and functional presentation of which vary greatly between individual patients despite similar degrees of airflow limitation [1]. COPD has therefore been considered to have distinct phenotypes that represent a single or combination of disease attributes that describe differences between individuals with COPD as they relate to clinically meaningful outcomes such as symptoms, exacerbations, rate of disease progression or death [2]. Importantly, these phenotypes of COPD may require different targeted treatment strategies [3]. There is a need to reach a consensus on the most appropriate method for quantifying emphysema and airways by CT <http://ow.ly/YCKP300tQQi>
Source: European Respiratory Journal
Author: William MacNee
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2466441839