Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
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Lead
Michigan State University
According to the above directions (provide a more extensice description, if desired), I am choosing to just submit the brief summary.
Thank you, Sherman Gorbis, DO
Age
49–80
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC \<0.7 and FEV1 \<80% predicted \[FEV1 =volume that has been exhaled at the end of the first second of forced expiration\] and FVC volume of air that can be forcibly blown out after full inspiration\]
history of smoking \>20 pack-years
stable condition at inclusion with no infection or exacerbation for at least two months
optimal medical therapy for at least eight weeks with no change
You may not be if
history of active pulmonary disease such as asthma
positive bronchodilator test
treatment with N-acetylcysteine
previous diagnosis of hypertension or current anti-hypertensive treatment
known unstable or moderate to severe heart disease (arrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, or cardiomyopathy)
previous diagnosis of chronic illness such as diabetes, renal failure, hypercholesterolemia, hepatic cirrhosis, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis or any other systemic inflammatory disease
neuromuscular or disabling cognitive problems
engagement in any exercise-training program during the past three months
substance abuse in the preceding six months
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