Small airway dysfunction in well-treated never-smoking HIV-infected individuals

[摘要] ExtractGlobal projections from the World Health Organization rank chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and HIV as the third and eighth leading causes of death by 2030; respectively [1]. An increasingly large number of individuals will consequently face a double burden of disease. The incidence of COPD is relatively high in the HIV-infected population [2]; and HIV has been shown to be an independent risk factor [3; 4].

[学科分类] 呼吸医学