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Pop Quiz: Coughing With Sputum as a COPD Symptom
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<section><h2></h2></section><section><h2><h2><p>Cough is a common symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and patients with COPD may produce sputum with coughing years before the development of airflow limitation. According to the <a href="https://goldcopd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GOLD-2020-REPORT-ver1.0wms.pdf" target="_blank">Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease’s 2020 report</a>, up to what percentage of patients with COPD have cough with sputum production?</p></h2></h2></section><section><h2><p>Better luck next time</p></h2><p><p>“The presence of purulent sputum reflects an increase in inflammatory mediators, and its development may identify the onset of a bacterial exacerbation, though the association is relatively weak,” according to the report.</p><p> </p><p>For more COPD content, visit the <a href="https://www.consultant360.com/specialty/pulmonology/copd" target="_blank">Resource Center</a>.</p></p></section><section><h3><p>Nice job!</p></h3><p><p>“The presence of purulent sputum reflects an increase in inflammatory mediators, and its development may identify the onset of a bacterial exacerbation, though the association is relatively weak,” according to the report.</p><p> </p><p>For more COPD content, visit the <a href="https://www.consultant360.com/specialty/pulmonology/copd" target="_blank">Resource Center</a>.</p></p></section>
