Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is most often described as a mixture of two disease states: chronic (obstructive) bronchitis and emphysema.
Approximately 1 in 25 Canadians is a carrier of the defective gene with approximately 1 in 3600 live births diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.
Respiratory Health provides multidisciplinary care for adult outpatients and inpatients who have lung diseases.