Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prognosis

Therapy is determined by the underlying cause. When the condition is secondary to hypoxia accompanying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, long-term oxygen therapy improves symptoms and prognosis anticoagulation is essential when the cause is multiple pulmonary emboli. 

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