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BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC
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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Bronchitis, Chronic
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Bronquitis Crónica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Bronquite Crônica
Tree Number:
C08.127.446.567
C08.381.495.146.567
C08.381.495.389.500
C08.730.099.567
Definition
English
:
A subcategory of CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY
DISEASE
. The
disease
is characterized by hypersecretion of mucus accompanied by a chronic (more than 3 months in 2 consecutive years) productive cough. Infectious agents are a major cause of chronic
bronchitis.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
BRONCHITIS
is also available
History Note
English
:
2002
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
36007
Unique Identifier:
D029481
Occurrence in VHL
:
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