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    COPD is a chronic condition characterized by irreversible airflow limitation and abnormal lung inflammation. It encompasses chronic bronchitis, which involves obstruction of small airways, and emphysema, which destroys lung tissue and causes airway closure. Most COPD patients also experience mucus plugging. The BODE index combines measures of body mass, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity to predict COPD mortality. It ranges from 0-10 with higher scores indicating worse prognosis. The BODE index is a better prognostic indicator than FEV alone.

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    COPD is a chronic condition characterized by irreversible airflow limitation and abnormal lung inflammation. It encompasses chronic bronchitis, which involves obstruction of small airways, and emphysema, which destroys lung tissue and causes airway closure. Most COPD patients also experience mucus plugging. The BODE index combines measures of body mass, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity to predict COPD mortality. It ranges from 0-10 with higher scores indicating worse prognosis. The BODE index is a better prognostic indicator than FEV alone.

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    COPD is a chronic condition characterized by irreversible airflow limitation and abnormal lung inflammation. It encompasses chronic bronchitis, which involves obstruction of small airways, and emphysema, which destroys lung tissue and causes airway closure. Most COPD patients also experience mucus plugging. The BODE index combines measures of body mass, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity to predict COPD mortality. It ranges from 0-10 with higher scores indicating worse prognosis. The BODE index is a better prognostic indicator than FEV alone.

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    What do you understand by the term chronic

    obstructive pulmonary disease?


    COPD is a condition characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully
    reversible and is usually progressive and associated with an abnormal
    inflammatory response.
    The term COPD encompasses chronic obstructive bronchitis (with
    obstruction of small airways) and emphysema (with destruction of lung
    parenchyma, loss of lung elasticity and closure of small airways).
    Most patients also have mucus plugging.
    (N Engl J Med 2000;343:269).
    What do you know about the BODE index?
    The BODE index combines information about several predictors in a
    score ranging from 0 to 10, including:
     Body mass index (BMI)
     Airflow obstruction (FEV1)
     Dyspnea (medical research council dyspnea scale)
     Exercise capacity (6 min walk distance) in a score ranging from 0 to 10.
    This prognostic index predicts mortality significantly better than FEV
    (the traditional prognostic COPD indicator) alone.

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