2013•Italian Journal of MedicineOpen access

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease provide a unique opportunity to take care of patients

Bianca Beghé, Martina Garofalo, Leonardo M. Fabbri

Abstract

Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD) identifies the acute phase of COPD. The COPD patient is often frail and elderly with concomitant chronic diseases. This requires the physician not only looks at specific symptoms or organs, but to consider the patient in all his or her complexity.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Pulmonary disease, Exacerbation, COPD, Concomitant, Intensive care medicine, Disease, Chronic disease