Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both long-term lung conditions. They’re part of a disorder known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... how you can tell the difference.

Although COPD itself is regarded as one risk factor for osteoporosis, the relationship between the extent of emphysema and reduced bone density is still unclear. Our first aim was therefore to ...

“Emphysema is part of a group of lung conditions which comes under the umbrella term chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and also includes chronic bronchitis,” explains Rubach.

The difference between the slow and fast capacity in ... three tests were performed in 67 patients with obstructive pulmonary emphysema with or without demonstrable bronchospasm.

Pulmonary function ... of L1 was compared between two different slice thicknesses of 0.5 and 2.0 mm. The correlation coefficient between them was 0.980. Thus, the difference in slice thickness ...