Words of Sympathy on Loss of Mother. Knowing what to say upon the death of the mother of a close one can be slightly difficult. Use these words of sympathy, to help you provide the necessary encouragement to your loved one. Advertisement. The death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her. ~Author Unknown. A mother holds perhaps, the most important place in a child's life.
The best general definition of a COPD exacerbation is the following: an exacerbation of COPD is a sustained worsening of the patient's condition, from the stable state and beyond normal day-to-day variations that is acute in onset and may warrant additional treatment in a patient with underlying COPD.
Yet, symptoms suggestive of a COPD exacerbation may be caused by other diseases or by complications of COPD. Conditions that can mimic a COPD exacerbation include pneumothorax, pneumonia, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, pulmonary embolism, drug toxicity, metabolic disorders, stroke, and myopathy.OPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MDI = metered-dose inhaler. Once short-acting beta-2-agonist therapy is started, inhaled anticholinergic therapy (eg, ipratropium) should be initiated or increased.