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Respiratory scientist Peter Barnes on the risk factors of COPD, the ways to diagnose it and how is it different from asthma.
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'We normally diagnose COPD by spirometry which means blowing into a machine that measures the flow of air coming out of the lung. This shows a typical obstructive pattern that does not improve significantly with bronchodilators, so it's differentiated from asthma which is another obstructive airways disease where you normally see large improvements in airway function. '
Professor of Thoracic Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Head of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College, Honorary Consultant Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital London
Steroid Resistance in COPD: serious-science.org/steroid-resistance-in-copd-9244
Drug Metabolism: serious-science.org/drug-metabolism-8997
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Respiratory scientist Peter Barnes on the risk factors of COPD, the ways to diagnose it and how is it different from asthma.
Read the full text on our website: http://serious-science.org/chronic-obstruct…ulmonary-disease-10040
'We normally diagnose COPD by spirometry which means blowing into a machine that measures the flow of air coming out of the lung. This shows a typical obstructive pattern that does not improve significantly with bronchodilators, so it's differentiated from asthma which is another obstructive airways disease where you normally see large improvements in airway function. '
Professor of Thoracic Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Head of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College, Honorary Consultant Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital London
Steroid Resistance in COPD: serious-science.org/steroid-resistance-in-copd-9244
Drug Metabolism: serious-science.org/drug-metabolism-8997
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