Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of
death worldwide causing a major degree of morbidity and mortality and is characterised by …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a systemic inflammatory
disorder. Acute exacerbation is an important therapeutic target for the improvement of the …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a systemic inflammatory
disorder. Acute exacerbation is an important therapeutic target for the improvement of the …

MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross sectional study of hundred and two male
patients with clinically & spirometrically diagnosed cases of COPD were selected. Data on …

Background: In the past 20 years, the interest of the medical community, doctors of various
specialties, pulmonologists, microbiologists, epidemiologists for COPD has grown. COPD is …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the
lungs. Acute exacerbations of COPD (AE-COPD) are a result of infectious or non-infectious …

Background An eight-item questionnaire of the COPD assessment test (CAT) is widely used
to quantify the impact of COPD on the patient's health status. C-reactive protein (CRP) is …

Background The acute phase protein, CRP, when elevated, provides good evidence of an
active tissue–damaging process. Thus; its measurement provides a simple screening test for …

In spite of the relation between systemic inflammation and CRP in COPD, only a few studies
have assessed the role of CRP in measuring the level of systemic inflammation in COPD to …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently the fourth leading
cause of death in the United States. As there is systemic as well as local inflammation in …