What are some common barriers to effective communication between patients and providers regarding emphysema? How can technology be used to improve the management of emphysema symptoms?

Symptoms of emphysema · breathlessness with exertion, and eventually breathlessness most of the time in advanced disease · susceptibility to chest infections ... Mar 24, 2023 ... Symptoms · wheezing · coughing · bringing up phlegm (if chronic bronchitis also is present) · tightness feeling in the chest · barrel-like distended ... Abstract. In 120 patients with severe emphysema evaluated for participation in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial, pulmonary hemodynamics and ventricular ... Mar 19, 2019 ... We identified 1 670 915 patients, of whom 133 972 had a diagnosis of emphysema. ... symptoms. The diagnosis codes for aortic aneurysms have ... The main cause of emphysema is smoking, but other causes include air pollution and chemical fumes. Symptoms include shortness of breath, coughing and fatigue. May 15, 2016 ... Patients with advanced emphysema and severe lung hyperinflation have few treatment options to relieve dyspnea. Lung volume reduction surgery has ... The National Emphysema Treatment Trial, a randomized clinical trial comparing lung-volume–reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema, ... Dec 22, 2014 ... We show that deleterious telomerase mutations are a risk factor for COPD and may occur at a frequency that is similar to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. ... cause breathing problems and obstruct airflow. This group of diseases can include refractory (severe) asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis . Most people ... It's common for most people to not feel the symptoms of emphysema until there's 50 percent or more damage to the lung tissue. Early symptoms may appear ...