Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Due to Biomass Smoke or Tobacco as risk factor to cachexia

Conclusion: Subjects with COPD due to Tobacco smoke had major risk to cachexia; this represents an important negative impact on prognosis.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gonzalez Islas, D., Orea Tejeda, A., Hernandez Zenteno, R., Flores Cisneros, L., Sanchez Santillan, R., Ibarra Fernandez, A. A., Hernandez Lopez, S., Pilotzi Montiel, Y., Salgado Fernandez, F., Jimenez Valentin, A. Tags: Monitoring airway disease Source Type: research