
Chronic obstructive airways disease is a chronic, progressive disorder characterised by airways obstruction. The author discusses the management of patients with this condition, and examines the use of bronchodilator therapy, inhaled steroids, smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation.
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Severity of Illness Index, Bronchodilator Agents, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Education, Nursing, Continuing, Patient Education as Topic, Spirometry, Risk Factors, Forced Expiratory Volume, Humans, Nursing Care, Smoking Cessation, Steroids, Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Severity of Illness Index, Bronchodilator Agents, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Education, Nursing, Continuing, Patient Education as Topic, Spirometry, Risk Factors, Forced Expiratory Volume, Humans, Nursing Care, Smoking Cessation, Steroids, Lung Diseases, Obstructive
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