The nurse is providing care to a client recently diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The client's family ask how their loved on got this disease
Which risk factors for COPD will the nurse include in the teaching session?
A) Asthma and bronchitis
B) Asthma and emphysema
C) Bronchitis and emphysema
D) Emphysema and atelectasis
Answer: C
Although one or the other may dominate, COPD typically includes components of both chronic bronchitis and emphysema, two distinctly different processes. Although the COPD complex can also include asthma, small airways disease, and narrowing of small bronchioles, it is more commonly known to include bronchitis and emphysema.
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