[PDF] Top 20 P wave axis and its correlation with severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

... P-axis verticalization can serve as a very effective electrocardiographic screening tool for emphysema in the general population. In fact, this quick bedside screening modality is inexpensive, and at the ... See full document

... of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...the severity of the ...the severity of COPD when spirometry is not ...significant correlation of disease severity with the ... See full document

... Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive inflammatory disease of the lung characterized by chronic bronchitis, airway thickening and ... See full document

... dyspnea, chronic cough or sputum production and history of exposure to risk factors and a ratio of FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1st second) to FVC (forced vital capacity) ...thyroid disease, liver ... See full document

... and pulmonary function test (PFT) were selected randomly attending outpatient clinic or admitted in New hospital medical college Kota for this ...heart disease, Ischaemic heart disease and ... See full document

... was performed on all COPD patients (MIR spirometer SPORLAB 3). All pulmonary function tests were performed by the same technician and with patients in a sitting position. Demographic information (age, gender), ... See full document

... Methods: Fifty five COPD patients were included. Spirometry was performed in all patients. Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale was used to label severity of dyspnea. Six-minute walking distance (6 MWD) ... See full document

... Cardiovascular disease accounts for approximately 50% of all hospitalization and nearly one third of all deaths of COPD patients, if FEV1 >50% of the ...cardiovascular disease account for 20%-25% of all ... See full document

... and pulmonary artery hypertension, which suggests that acidemia and hypercapnia are vital contributing elements to impaired right ventricular function in COPD ...increases pulmonary arterial pressure in a ... See full document

... Exacerbations, which increase in frequency as FEV1declines, are times at which individuals are at particular risk for death. Mortality is also increased among those who have recovered from an exacerbation. The 2-year ... See full document

... exacerbation severity are consistent with the signs of respiratory acido- sis evident in COPD patients with exacerbations ...exacerbation severity and patient management settings (Figures 4A and 4B) that is ... See full document

... To date, several studies have assessed the impact of muscle mass on the clinical manifestation of COPD, reporting that low lean body mass and fat-free mass were correlated with higher impairment in symptoms and total St ... See full document

... whether severity of airflow obstruction (measured by GOLD stage) and comorbidity (measured by the Charlson index) were independently related, a multivariate regres- sion analysis (Table 5) was ...Pearson ... See full document

... strong correlation found between the time that subjects spent with saturation lower than 90% and the HRV indexes during the 6MWT (RMSSD and SD1, R = ...0.80, P , ... See full document

... Materiali e metodi: 22 pazienti con BPCO (età 52-74 anni) hanno preso parte allo studio. Gli indici SAFE e BODE sono stati utiliz- zati per valutare in modo multidimensionale la gravità di malat- tia. La fatica percepita ... See full document

... increasing severity of the disease as depicted by GOLD stage with the increasing in the number of pack years of smoking and it was statistically significant ...negative correlation with the number of ... See full document

... In the present study, the number of hospitalizations due to COPD exacerbations in patients with frequent re-admissions decreased by 56% after introduction of a case manager, which contributes to one of the main goals of ... See full document

... and pulmonary function test were included in the ...hypertension, chronic kidney disease, coexisting intrinsic heart disease like coronary artery disease, valvular heart diseases and ... See full document

... the severity of this symptom in relation to various physical ...and its value is set in a range from 0 (No dyspnea or dyspnea only with strenuous exercise) to 4 (dyspnea at ...osteoarticular disease, ... See full document

... All eligible patients were collected according to the in- clusion and exclusion criteria. The inclusion criteria comprised: 1) all eligible patients had a confirmed diag- nosis of COPD according to the guidelines [16]; ... See full document