A risk assessment tool including five factors identified whether patients with chronic lung disease and pulmonary ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that affects more than 14 million U.S. adults, is marked by damage to the airways. It typically refers to emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Traditionally COPD is treated with bronchodilator medications and oxygen, COPD and emphysema patients can still experience symptoms such as breathlessness, decreased lung function, and reduced ...

With no treatment options other than oxygen, a new procedure – and tiny device – is helping patients breathe a sigh of relief. Carol Folan has lived with emphysema and COPD for years.

More than 12.5 million Americans suffer from COPD each year, according to lung.org. COPD is just one of several lung diseases that Americans face, and World Lung Day is a day to spread awareness ...

Following surgery, pulmonary complications, overall complications, and length of hospital stay were assessed in relationship to smoking and COPD status. Higher PPC rates with smoking and COPD ...

Who’s on your COPD medical care team? Your GP, pulmonologist, rehab therapist, and nutritionist can all help you have better quality of life.

Hyperinflation of the lungs is a common complication of COPD. It’s caused by the lungs’ inability to properly push out air when you exhale. Learn more.

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus performed El Paso’s first successful breakthrough lung procedure to treat patients suffering from COPD and emphysema ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...