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(Lung Biology in Health and Disease. Vol. 184.) Edited by Henry E. Fessler, John J. Reilly, Jr., and David J. Sugarbaker. 507 pp., illustrated. New York, Marcel Dekker, 2004. $195. ISBN 0-8247-0897-0.

The most troublesome and compelling symptom of advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with emphysema is dyspnea. Dyspnea profoundly limits the quality of life for a growing number of people worldwide who are in the advanced stages of COPD.

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View larger version (61K): [in this window] [in a new window]   A Scanning Electron Micrograph Showing Emphysema in a Human Lung. By permission of David Gregory and Debbie Marshall/Wellcome Photo Library.

 
In 1826, Laënnec, in his careful autopsies, recognized that the lungs of patients who had died from emphysema were too large — they were entrapped in the thorax. He realized that emphysema reduced elastic recoil and impaired the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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