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pink puffer
慢性閉塞性肺疾患肺気腫


  • 肺気腫の終末像で、顔が真っ赤にして呼気のために努力する様を表現
  • These airways are more likely to collapse causing further limitation to airflow. The effort made by patients suffering from emphysema during exhalation, causes a pink color in their faces, hence the term commonly used to refer to them, "pink puffers".(1)

参考

  • 1. wikpedia en
<click2in>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease</click2in>