Tabacosis, a change in therminology for an increase in consciousness

Abstract

In the absence of categorical defi nition of the Real Spanish Academy, we have to Lung Disease Obstructive Disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable, with extrapulmonary systemic disease, where pulmonary component is characterized by fl ow limitation Air that is not fully reversible and is progressive.¹ This is probably one of the medical defi nitions with greater number of positions and

¹ Director Médico. Hospital Fernando Escalante Pradilla.

² Médico General. Hospital Fernando Escalante Pradilla Correspondencia: Dr. M. Oguilve Méndez. Correo electrónico: [email protected]

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ISSN 0001-6002/2011/53/2/99-101

Acta Médica Costarricense, ©2011

Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos

interests and is found which is undoubtedly and unfortunately, COPD stands outside the medical community have no greater signifi cance because fi nd large numbers of patients daily carriers of this disease that have no real notion of suffering, doubt that many costs are clarifi ed by the physician because of the cumbersome of its meaning, variety of symptoms and it causes many diseases. These vicissitudes in terms of causal pathology COPD, are what have become the ""box "" where placed various lung diseases that have no origin specifi cally, whether present or not airfl ow obstruction air, besides these problems of terminology, make it diffi cult to carry out literature searches by poor reception given to this término.