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英

pink puffer

関

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

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