[年轻人慢性阻塞性肺病和COPD前的研究进展]
1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
概括
慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 可能在生命早期开始,而不仅仅是老年. 识别COPD前和COPD年轻病例对于早期干预和更好的结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 肺病学和呼吸系统医学
- 生命早期 肺部发育 肺部发育
- 慢性疾病流行病学 慢性疾病流行病学
背景情况:
- 传统的理解将COPD的发病与年龄的增长联系在一起.
- 新出现的证据表明,肺功能下降开始在生命的早期.
- 患有呼吸道症状但不符合COPD标准的个人可能会发展为COPD.
结论:
- 慢性肺炎的发展可能比以前认为的要早得多.
- 年轻的COPD和COPD前期的概念需要临床关注.
- 对早期生命机制和干预措施的进一步研究是有必要的.
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