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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Chronic bronchitis; COPD; Emphysema

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The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) statement regarding the diagnosis, management, and prevention of COPD (GOLD 2015) defines COPD as a disease that is “characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive and associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and the lung to noxious particles or gases.” The definition includes the fact that exacerbations and comorbidities contribute to the overall severity of disease in individual patients. The GOLD initiative was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) with the first GOLD report published in 2001. The most recent GOLD report and additional information about definitions, diagnosis, treatment, and research can be found at www.goldcopd.com.

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COPD has traditionally been defined by severity of airflow...

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  1. Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA

    Elizabeth Kozora

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Karin F. Hoth

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation, Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, USA

    John DeLuca

  3. Independent Practice, Wynnewood, PA, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Kozora, E., Hoth, K.F. (2018). Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_545

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