"82 ... 82 ... 82 ..." COPD's airflow limitation caused by loss of airways, not emphysema, say counters
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How many licks does it take to get to the middle of a Tootsie Roll Pop? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? And that other timeless mystery: How many airways do patients with COPD have, how narrowed are they, and what is the relationship between said narrowing, coexisting emphysematous destruction, and airflow limitation? One of these seemingly unanswerable questions was addressed in the New England Journal of Medicine this week.
"82 ... 82 ... 82 ..." COPD's airflow limitation caused by loss of airways, not emphysema, say counters
"82 ... 82 ... 82 ..." COPD's airflow…
"82 ... 82 ... 82 ..." COPD's airflow limitation caused by loss of airways, not emphysema, say counters
How many licks does it take to get to the middle of a Tootsie Roll Pop? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? And that other timeless mystery: How many airways do patients with COPD have, how narrowed are they, and what is the relationship between said narrowing, coexisting emphysematous destruction, and airflow limitation? One of these seemingly unanswerable questions was addressed in the New England Journal of Medicine this week.