EVOLUTIONARY AND PROGNOSTIC PARTICULARITIES IN PATIENTS WITH COPD, CHRONIC COR PULMONALE AND COVID-19
Abstract:
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
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