Body Weight Disorders and Co-morbidities in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Esmaeil Alibakhshi
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Esmaeil Alibakhshi: Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu (PSSJD), Faculty of Medicine, Barcelona University, Spain

International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences, 2018, vol. 2, issue 4, 80-82

Abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a pulmonary epidemic which is the third leading cause of death in the world in 2030. Although weight loss is very common in patients with COPD, but previous studies have shown that about 65% of patients with COPD have overweight or obesity, which can be due to physical inability and drug therapy. Due to cardiovascular disease, we found positive relationships between obesity and heart failure, but not only for cardiovascular disease and stroke. Also, the findings of the researchers in the population of patients with COPD suggest that there is a significant positive relationship between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea.

Keywords: uniper publishers:International Journal of Pulmonary; Journal of Pulmonary Sciences; Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences; Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences; pulmonary & respiratory medicine open access journals; pulmonary & respiratory medicine impact factor journals; pulmonary & respiratory medicine peer review journals; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; pulmonary arterial hypertension impact factor journals; pulmonary aspergillosis high impact factor journals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/IJOPRS.2018.02.555592

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