Nursing vigilance helps a patient with chronic obstructive oulmonary disease stave off respiratory failure.
Each year, emergency departments see about 1.5 million patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Update your knowledge of the disease and its treatment.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has an insidious onset and causes disabling symptoms. This article discusses its risk factors, pathophysiology, assessment,
interventions, and nursing management.
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