Diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients.

Increasing incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (4th place among all causes of death within the general population) and overweight, as one factor for progression of respiratory tract pathologies (more than 30% of world population suffers from overweight) suggests that further study of...

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Main Author: N. V. Korzh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dnipro State Medical University 2018-04-01
Series:Medičnì Perspektivi
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Online Access:http://journals.uran.ua/index.php/2307-0404/article/view/127242
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description Increasing incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (4th place among all causes of death within the general population) and overweight, as one factor for progression of respiratory tract pathologies (more than 30% of world population suffers from overweight) suggests that further study of pathogenetic characteristics of their combined course and search for new ways of differential pathogenetic therapy are important nowadays. The aim if the investigation is the diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients. The results of this investigation demonstrate, that overweight is the predictor of COPD progression, that is accompanied by elevations of CRP and IL-6 levels in peripheral blood serum.
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spelling doaj.art-317ff9a3d9624f0aa3603023a26693632022-12-21T18:36:36ZengDnipro State Medical UniversityMedičnì Perspektivi2307-04042018-04-01231(part1)828610.26641/2307-0404.2018.1(part1).127242127242Diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients.N. V. KorzhIncreasing incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (4th place among all causes of death within the general population) and overweight, as one factor for progression of respiratory tract pathologies (more than 30% of world population suffers from overweight) suggests that further study of pathogenetic characteristics of their combined course and search for new ways of differential pathogenetic therapy are important nowadays. The aim if the investigation is the diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients. The results of this investigation demonstrate, that overweight is the predictor of COPD progression, that is accompanied by elevations of CRP and IL-6 levels in peripheral blood serum.http://journals.uran.ua/index.php/2307-0404/article/view/127242chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseoverweight, IL-6C-reactive protein
spellingShingle N. V. Korzh
Diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients.
Medičnì Perspektivi
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
overweight, IL-6
C-reactive protein
title Diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients.
title_full Diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients.
title_fullStr Diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients.
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients.
title_short Diagnosis and prognosis of COPD exacerbations in overweight patients.
title_sort diagnosis and prognosis of copd exacerbations in overweight patients
topic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
overweight, IL-6
C-reactive protein
url http://journals.uran.ua/index.php/2307-0404/article/view/127242
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