Airway Disorder Relatively Common Among Smokers Associated With Worse Respiratory Quality of Life
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New research published in JAMA examines whether an airway disorder associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …
New research published in JAMA examines whether an airway disorder associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …
1. Expiratory central airway collapse is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a poorer quality of life.
A phenomenon linked to smoking known as expiratory central airway collapse -- or ECAC -- may have a stronger connection to…
Among current and former smokers, the presence of excessive airway collapse (in the trachea) during expiration is associated…