BACKGROUND: COPD is an important public health challenge with significant heterogeneity of clinical presentation and disease progression. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Inflammation

  Airway wall thickness is associated with adiposity and inflammation. Adipose-related inflammation may play a role in HIV-associated asthma. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Hypoxemia

  Purpose: Hypoxemia is associated with more severe lung disease and worse outcomes. In some patients with chronic obstructive lung diseases who desaturate on exertion, supplemental oxygen improves exercise capacity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Dyspnea

  The lowered V recorded 10 minutes after C is performed suggests that decrease in dyspnea is associated with enhanced efficiency of ventilation in some subjects with obstructive airway disease, including those with bronchial asthma as well as COLD. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Respiratory Insufficiency

  Abstract The immediate effects of intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) on air were studied in seven patients (age 55-73 years) with advanced chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) and with chronic respiratory insufficiency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Heart Failure

  The magnitude and time course of this interaction in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may differ considerably from that reported in healthy volunteers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Suggestibility

  This literature suggests that pregnancy in a patient with severe obstructive lung disease should be considered a medical indication for therapeutic abortion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Erythrocytosis

  In secondary erythrocytosis (polycythemia) blood viscosity rises and further impairs peripheral oxygenation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Biventricular Hypertrophy

  Biventricular hypertrophy may be one of the reasons that ECG and VCG do not more often fulfil the typical RVH criteria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Ventricular Hypertrophy

  The ECG was typical for right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) in one patient from each group. Slightly delayed ventricular activation and clock-wise rotation of the QRS frontal plane axis were the most common ECG findings. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An additional risk factor for exacerbations and hospitalizations was low compliance with treatment: 45% of patients reported forgetting to take their medication, and 81% reported a preference for a treatment with a lower dosing frequency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Prognosis is generally good but varies with the underlying syndrome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) primarily affects men; however, its epidemiology has been changing because more women have become smokers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

As our understanding of the pathophysiologic processes of sleep evolves, the relationship between OSA and obstructive lung diseases such as COPD ("overlap syndrome") or asthma ("alternative overlap syndrome") has become more apparent. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Prevention of any hospitalization in these individuals is essential. We aimed to construct a prediction model for all-cause hospitalization risk in community-dwelling older individuals with obstructive lung disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Preventing COPD COPD is largely a preventable condition. You can significantly reduce your chances of developing it if you avoid smoking. [nhs.uk]