Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 10, 2026

Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
[Dyspnea and weight loss in a 70-year-old man]
D B Vangala1, W Schmiegel, C P Pox
1Medizinische Klinik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Knappschaftskrankenhaus, In der Schornau 23-25, 44892 Bochum, Deutschland. deepak_v@web.de
Abstract:
A 70-year-old man presented with subacute dyspnea, cough, weight loss, and mild fever. Blood analysis revealed an elevated C-reactive protein level. Chest x-ray and CT of the chest showed alveolar opacities with a migratory tendency during the clinical course. After extensive diagnostics, treatment with prednisolone under the presumed diagnosis of a cryptogenic organizing pneumonia was started, which lead to a rapid clinical response.
Related Concept Videos
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-III: Symptoms and Complications.
Symptoms of COPD can be classified as primary or systemic. Primary symptoms relate to reduced airflow, while systemic or extrapulmonary symptoms relate to COPD's broader impact on the body.
Primary Symptoms of COPD:
COPD: Management Using Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-I: Introduction
Heart Failure III: Clinical Manifestations
Physical Assessment of the Respiratory Tract II: Inspection
Chest Configuration
The chest configuration can...
Acute Respiratory Failure-IV

