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yes. COPD is a long term condition that would later result in inability of the lungs to retain as much oxygen as possible due to insufficient space for gas exchange. a decrease amount of oxygen in the blood would activate the body's compensatory machanisms but for a short period only. as a result hypoxemia will burden the heart and other vital organs until it leads to multiple organ failure then death.

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