Risk factors associated with COPD
Prevalence of ACO (Asthma COPD Overlap) and associated risk factors in Aboriginal people
... gender-specific risk factors associated with ACO in Aboriginal ...significant risk factors for ACO in the multivariate ...increased risk of ACO in both males and females was ...
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Clinical characteristics and related risk factors of depression in patients with early COPD
... the risk factors associated with depression in early COPD patients were female sex, living alone, and low ...early COPD whose respiratory symptoms were not severe, results consistent ...
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Factors associated with change in exacerbation frequency in COPD
... Secondly, COPD progresses and higher exacerba- tion frequencies are more likely to be reported in more se- vere patients ...of COPD severity, with rapid decline in both FEV 1 [25] and 6MWD [26] as- sociated ...
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Factors associated with lung cancer in COPD patients
... lower risk of lung cancer. This study therefore indicates that COPD patients using ICS had a decreased risk of developing lung ...decreased risk of lung cancer in a COPD ...was ...
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Thiazolidinediones are associated with a reduced risk of COPD exacerbations
... fewer COPD exacerbations, non-biological mechanisms could also have influenced the ...confounding factors, including demographics, health care utilization, comorbidities, baseline exacerbations, and ...
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COPD in Non-smokers-Prevalence and Risk Factors
... Keywords: COPD; smoking; biomass. 1. INTRODUCTION Among the major causes of COPD, the role of tobacco smoking is well recognized ...important factors to be strongly associated with ...
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Factors associated with exacerbation in mild-to-moderate COPD patients
... Keywords: COPD, exacerbation, risk factors Introduction Patients with COPD may experience acute exacerbations, which are defined as events characterized by a worsening of respiratory symptoms ...
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Could symptoms and risk factors diagnose COPD? Development of a Diagnosis Score for COPD
... adding risk factors, a higher percentage of disease variability can be explained, and the DS-COPD may be a conceptual and clinical advance over prior assessment ...be risk factors for ...
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Daily physical activity and related risk factors in COPD
... the risk of cardiovascular dis- ease and its related risk factors including arterial stiff- ...in COPD and showed different results [32, ...was associated with reduced arter- ial ...
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Acute exacerbations of COPD: risk factors for failure and relapse
... drives COPD pathogenesis and/or ...stable COPD, bacterial pathogens are detected in the lower respiratory tract of 25%–50% of cases when examined by the analysis of sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial ...
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Risk factors for developing hypoxic respiratory failure in COPD
... the risk factors for development of hypoxemia, reporting low lung function, previous exacerbations, heart failure, pulmonary enlargement on computed tomography, smoking history of ...be associated ...
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Acute exacerbations of COPD : risk factors for failure and relapse
... drives COPD pathogenesis and/or ...stable COPD, bacterial pathogens are detected in the lower respiratory tract of 25%–50% of cases when examined by the analysis of sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial ...
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Risk Factors for Frequent Hospital Readmissions for Acute Exacerbations of COPD
... of COPD (AECOPD) are known to be associated with increased morbidity and mortality and have a significant socioeconomic ...The factors that determine frequent hospital readmissions for AECOPD are ...
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Risk factors of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with asthma and COPD
... the risk of PPCs? Previous studies reported that the incidence of PPCs in untreated patients with asthma was 24% [11], whereas it was ...a risk factor in the univari- ate ...of factors ...
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Aspergillus fumigatus Detection and Risk Factors in Patients with COPD-Bronchiectasis Overlap
... CS temper the innate immune response, thereby permitting A. fumigatus to persist and proliferate. In our study, systemic administration of CS was significantly associated with higher sputum galactomannan values, ...
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Risk factors for respiratory hospitalizations in a population of patients with a clinical diagnosis of COPD
... been associated with exacerbations of COPD in some but not all ...with COPD had eosinophilia defined as 200 eosinophils/ µ L or 2% of the total leukocyte count during a respiratory hospital ...
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Risk factors predict frequent hospitalization in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD
... is associated with pulmonary function and acute ...on COPD patho- logical damage and subtype assessment are of great signifi- ...of COPD suggests that a subgroup of patients may benefit from lung ...
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Prevalence, risk factors and clinical correlates of COPD in a rural setting in Tanzania
... smokers. COPD prevalence was estimated at ...females). COPD was associated with a history of cough, phlegm production and ...of COPD patients reported cough and 85% had mild to moderate airway ...
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<p>In Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COPD, Tobacco Smoking, and Not COPD, Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Comorbidity</p>
... with COPD may be of importance given their impact on ...of COPD-associated comorbidities var- ies according to several factors such as gender, age, body mass index and type of ...main ...
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COPD is a common disease, associated with high. Acute Exacerbation of COPD* Factors Associated With Poor Treatment Outcome
... distinguish bacterial infections from viral infections and other noninfectious causes of exacerbations, and most patients are treated empirically with an antibi- otic. In our study, patients were treated based on the ...
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