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Great article, it made me think of new things. Also a lot of patients with COPD are smokers or ex smokers and feel quilty about causing their own disease. They often delay getting help when they develop a respiratory infection. I give my COPD patients a prescription for an antibiotic to buy now and to take as soon as they get a cold. For example if they get a cold Friday night and can't get in to seeme until Monday morning they may have pneumonia by then and require 2 weeks admission.John Crosby, family physician Cambridge Ontario
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