Management of the patient with chronic obstructive airway disease (Copd) in a primary health care context

I. Govender; H. I. Okonta; S. Rangiah; D. Nzaumvila

doi:10.4102/safp.v61i5.4944

Management of the patient with chronic obstructive airway disease (Copd) in a primary health care context

I. Govender^*
, H. I. Okonta
, S. Rangiah
, D. Nzaumvila

^*Corresponding author for this work

Family Medicine & Primary Health Care

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Abstract

This paper describes the incidence of chronic obstructive airway disease (COPD), the risk factors, staging, investigations and management of COPD. The differential diagnosis for COPD is also presented as COPD can be confused with other clinical conditions. This paper is presented in practical terms for the clinician working in a primary health care context.

Original language	English
Article number	a4944
Pages (from-to)	10-14
Number of pages	5
Journal	South African Family Practice
Volume	61
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v61i5.4944
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

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