pulmonary emphysema
air-filled enlargement in the body's tissues
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Summary
pulmonary emphysema is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,777 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: respiratory disease[3], emphysema[4], chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[5]
- Commons category: Pulmonary emphysema[6]
- ICPC 2 ID: R95[7]
- Has cause: smoking[8]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[14], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[15]
- ICD-9-CM: 492.8[16]
- Health specialty: pulmonology[17]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: oxtriphylline[18], aminophylline[19], N-acetyl-L-cysteine[20], theophylline[21], acefylline[22], dyphylline[23]
- Genetic association: BICD1[24], ADARB2[25]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9675[26], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9675[27], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002097[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[29]
Why It Matters
pulmonary emphysema has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]