Open AccessCOPD, smoking behaviour, and the importance of teachers as role-models for adolescents
Author(s) -
Sara Maio,
Sandra Baldacci,
Giovanni Viegi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
multidisciplinary respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2049-6958
pISSN - 1828-695X
DOI - 10.4081/mrm.2011.432
Subject(s) - copd , medicine , pulmonary disease , cardiothoracic surgery , sputum , intensive care medicine , disease , exhaled breath condensate , physical therapy , pathology , surgery , asthma , tuberculosis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been described by the ATS (American Thoracic Society)/ERS (European Respiratory Society) guidelines as a disease “characterized by airflow lim- itation that is not fully reversible”. The diagnosis of COPD should be considered in any patient who ex- periences cough, sputum production, or dyspnea in association with specific risk factors [...]