... disorder. Similar situations can occur when there are impairments of different organ systems. For example, if a person with CAD has symptoms justifying inclusion in NYHA class IV but also has severe shortness of breath caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), it would be duplicative...

... or workers compensation agencies' requests for information on the medial aspects of COVID-19. © 2020 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. 2020 American Medical Association COPD COVID-19 Causation Coronavirus Impairment Rating Occupation SARS SARS-CoV-2 Underlying Condition...

...”) that makes a significant and powerful impact on how this test should be considered. Routine PFTs are “static” tests of lung function. They provide significant information regarding a person's ability to breathe. PFTs are used to make clinical diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD...

... at the beginning of this article. There are 2 factors that contribute to the examinee's pulmonary impairment: HP and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). When approaching apportionment for internal medicine conditions, distinguishing physiological dysfunction often leads to the apportionment. Thus...

..., congestive heart failure, chronic lung disease (COPD, asthma, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and stroke. 10 The incidence of OSA in whites is similar to that in Asians. OSA is more prevalent in blacks under the age of 35 when compared with whites in the same...

... illnesses, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease (coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, peripheral arterial disease), diabetes, respiratory disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], obstructive sleep apnea), dementia, substance abuse, and mental illness. Chronic...

... Many medical offices perform simple spirometry testing. However, as opposed to impairment evaluation for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), impairment evaluation for post-COVID-19 patients generally requires the performance of the DLco or DCO. A full pulmonary function test...