COPD

A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital for an acute exacerbation of COPD. What is the mortality rate within the next 2 years in patients presenting with this scenario?

A 62-year-old man is admitted to the hospital for an acute exacerbation of COPD. What is the mortality rate within the next 2 years in patients presenting with this scenario?

A 50-year-old smoker with moderate COPD has expressed little motivation to stop smoking based on your advice and the offer of pharmacotherapy.

Tiffany is a 2-year-old with recurrent acute otitis media (AOM). She is in to see you again today with AOM—her fourth episode in the last 12 months. When asked, the parents said they both smoke, but not...