Diagnosing COPD: How to identify patients with irreversible obstruction of the airways: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 91, No 1

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Damage to the small airways, usually the result of smoking, cannot be undone. However, if disease is detected early, symptomatic treatment started, and life-style changes undertaken, progression can be arrested and the course of the disease improved. Dr Angstman describes patient evaluation and differentiation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from asthma and other pulmonary disorders.

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