According to the GOLD Guidelines, a Patient with COPD Is

question 19

Multiple Choice

According to the GOLD guidelines, a patient with COPD is classified as stage III (severe) in the presence of which of the following spirometric values?

• A) FEV1 30% to 50% and FEV1/FVC < 70%
• B) FEV1 < 50% and FEV1/FVC < 70%
• C) FEV1 50% to 80% and FEV1/FVC < 70%
• D) FEV1 < 80% and FEV1/FVC < 60%

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Definitions:

Months

Units of time, typically made of 28 to 31 days, used to measure the duration of a year.

Hands

The end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, consisting of the palm, fingers, and thumb, used for grasping or holding.

Growth Spurts

Rapid periods of physical growth in height and weight that typically occur during adolescence.

Dendrites

The branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the body, or soma, of the neuron.