NR 507 Week 6 Disease Process Peer Review “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)”
Discuss the risk factors and the connection to the etiology of the initial injury to the cell/tissue/organ: There is a rare genetic condition that can cause COPD also, it is … alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency. People with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency who smoke are more likely to speed up the progression of COPD (National Heart, Lung and […]

