TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease A1 - Fitzpatrick, Meghan E. A1 - Prendergast, Niall T. A1 - Rivera-Lebron, Belinda A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2022 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022 AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISHistory of cigarette smoking or other chronic inhalational exposure.Chronic cough, dyspnea, and sputum production.Rhonchi, decreased intensity of breath sounds, and prolonged expiration on physical examination.Airflow limitation on pulmonary function testing that is not fully reversible and is most often progressive (eFigure 9–1). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1186012560 ER -