Structured Summary
Abstract
A disease of chronic diffuse irreversible airflow obstruction. Subcategories of COPD include CHRONIC BRONCHITIS and PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA.
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Synonyms
10 entry terms
- COAD
- COPD
- Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Airflow Obstruction, Chronic
- Chronic Airflow Obstruction
- Airflow Obstructions, Chronic
- Chronic Airflow Obstructions
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE is also available
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History Note
2002; use LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE 1984-2001
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Previous Indexing
- Lung Diseases, Obstructive (1971-2001)
- Pulmonary Emphysema (1965-1971)
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NLM Classification
WF 648
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D029424. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D029424
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199804