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<p>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease of the respiratory airways due to the partially reversible obstruction of the airflow caused by an abnormal inflammatory response to toxic substances, most often to cigarette smoke.(1) COVID-19 is a mild to severe respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus from the genus Betacoronavirus.(2) Patients with COPD have a major risk of COVID-19 infection. Treating patients with COPD, chronic cor pulmonale and COVID-19 is a current challenge.</p>
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease of the respiratory airways due to the partially reversible obstruction of the airflow caused by an abnormal inflammatory response to toxic substances, most often to cigarette smoke.(1) COVID-19 is a mild to severe respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus from the genus Betacoronavirus.(2) Patients with COPD have a major risk of COVID-19 infection. Treating patients with COPD, chronic cor pulmonale and COVID-19 is a current challenge.

Evolutionary and Prognostic Particularities in Patients with COPD, Chronic Cor Pulmonale and COVID-19

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease of the respiratory airways due to the partially reversible obstruction of the airflow caused...

Evolutionary and Prognostic Particularities in Patients with COPD, Chronic Cor Pulmonale and COVID-19

Published Online: Nov 03, 2021

Page range: 34 - 36

Received: Jun 07, 2021

Accepted: Aug 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0046

Keywords
COPD, chronic cor pulmonale (CCP), infection with coronavirus, prognostic

© 2021 Nicoleta-Alina Popa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Evolutionary and Prognostic Particularities in Patients with COPD, Chronic Cor Pulmonale and COVID-19

Published Online: Nov 03, 2021

Page range: 34 - 36

Received: Jun 07, 2021

Accepted: Aug 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0046

KeywordsCOPD, chronic cor pulmonale (CCP), infection with coronavirus, prognostic

© 2021 Nicoleta-Alina Popa et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
COPD, chronic cor pulmonale (CCP), infection with coronavirus, prognostic