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Different Types Of Bright's Diseases
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The appropriate medications for COPD depend on its stage of severity, which is determined by the symptoms. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has proposed a strategy that is widely accepted. GOLD categorizes COPD severity as follows:
- Stage I: Smoker's cough, little or no shortness of breath, no symptoms of COPD, FEV1 greater than 80% of predicted.
- Stage II: Shortness of breath on exertion, sputum-producing cough, some symptoms of COPD, FEV1 50 - 80% of...
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