Chronic bronchitis
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Broader Terms
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Scope Note
condition characterized by persistent coughing, increased secretion from the bronchial mucosa, obstruction of the respiratory passages, scanty or profuse expectoration, and necrosis and fibrosis of the respiratory tract.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Chronic bronchitis is caused mainly by cigarette smoke.
- Chronic bronchitis is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a cough productive of sputum for over three months' duration during two consecutive years and the presence of airflow obstruction.
- The most common cause of chronic bronchitis is smoking.
- Chronic bronchitis is defined by the presence of a mucus-producing cough most days of the month, three months of a year for two successive years without other underlying disease to explain the cough.
- Chronic bronchitis is defined clinically as a persistent cough that produces sputum for at least three months in two consecutive years.
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