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COPD - Coggle Diagram
COPD
Background
Definition
GETomics - Gene, Environment, and life triggers
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
- Tobacco Smoke
- Outdoor & indoor pollution
- Genetic Factors
- Occupational Exposures
- Cadmium Fumes [cause emphysema] - smelting or battery making factory
Nonsmoking COPD Phenotype
- Young Female
- Lesser rate of decline
- Lower airway neutrophils & higher eosinophils
Pathophysiology
Chronic Bronchitis
- Chronic cough & sputum for 3 months/year for 2 consectuive years
- Sputum MUC5AC is associated with increased exacerbation
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Dysanapsis - Dice sin app sis
- Mismatch of airway tree caliber to lung size
- Ratio is low, and FEV1 & FVC are normal.
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