The major sites of obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are small airways (<2 mm in diameter). We wanted to determine whether there was a relationship between small-airway ...

Disease of small airways may be common to various chronic obstructive lung diseases. Because R p is normally so small, there may be considerable obstruction in peripheral airways that would affect ...

The airway obstruction that is characteristic of COPD is caused by a mixture of small airway disease called obstructive bronchiolitis as well as due to damage and destruction of the lung tissues ...

Landmark study confirms ability of non-invasive imaging technique to identify early signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an ...

Referred to as ‘popcorn lung,’ the obstructive lung condition has been challenging clinicians for decades. But more recent ...

Other causes include: Children have a higher risk of obstruction by foreign objects than adults. They have smaller airways and they’re more likely to stick toys and other small objects in their ...

Disease of the small airways in the lungs is a potential ... Air trapping is found in many obstructive airway diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Precision medicine and phenotyping help tailor treatments to individual patient profiles.

These small-particle aerosols potentially provide ... which currently impact the treatment for asthma and obstructive airway diseases in general.” Several authors disclosed financial ties ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... Currently, the recognition of different phenotypes, such as small airway disease and emphysema, does not substantially alter management strategies ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory disease of the small airways in the lungs, affects 16 million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States ...