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Effect of Early Intervention Applied to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at Different Stages

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DOI: 
10.7727/wimjopen.2013.325
Synopsis: 
Early intervention could slow the decline of FEV1 and FEV1/FVC in patients with chronic obstructive disease (COPD) at stages I and II, and thus delay the progression of early COPD and improve their quality of life.
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Objective: Early intervention in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) includes health education, smoking cessation, pulmonary rehabilitation and enhancing immunity (administration of influenza vaccine and polysaccharide nucleic acid fraction of bacillus Calmette-Guerin [BCG-PSN]). The effect of early intervention was investigated systematically in patients with COPD at different stages.
Revised: 
March 12, 2014
Accepted: 
March 17, 2014
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Gender Differences in the Clinical Manifestations and Prognosis of Patients Hospitalized with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Issue: 
DOI: 
10.7727/wimjopen.2013.250
Pages: 
1–5
Synopsis: 
There was statistical significance by gender for the first symptom at the beginning of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), and the frequency of hypertension, diabetes and ischaemic heart disease was significantly greater in females. For patients hospitalized with AECOPD, gender was not an independent risk factor for short- or long-term prognosis.

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Objective: To explore gender differences in the clinical manifestations of patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), and to find independent risk factors for their prognosis.

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January 20, 2014
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