Epidemiology and clinical impact of major comorbidities in patients with COPD

MC Smith, JP Wrobel - International journal of chronic obstructive …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Comorbidities are frequent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
significantly impact on patients' quality of life, exacerbation frequency, and survival. There is …

Managing comorbidities in COPD

G Hillas, F Perlikos, I Tsiligianni… - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Age and smoking are common risk factors for COPD and other illnesses, often …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit, SJ Singh, C Garvey… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the
management of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American …

Clusters of comorbidities based on validated objective measurements and systemic inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

LEGW Vanfleteren, MA Spruit, M Groenen… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Comorbidities contribute to disease severity and mortality in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Comorbidities have been studied individually and …

Hypoxemia in patients with COPD: cause, effects, and disease progression

BD Kent, PD Mitchell… - International journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death and disability
internationally. Alveolar hypoxia and consequent hypoxemia increase in prevalence as …

Targeting aging pathways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

M Easter, S Bollenbecker, JW Barnes… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has become a global epidemic and is the
third leading cause of death worldwide. COPD is characterized by chronic airway …

COPD as an endothelial disorder: endothelial injury linking lesions in the lungs and other organs?(2017 Grover Conference Series)

F Polverino, BR Celli, CA Owen - Pulmonary Circulation, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic expiratory
airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible. COPD patients develop varying degrees of …

Extrapulmonary comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: state of the art

ARC Patel, JR Hurst - Expert review of respiratory medicine, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Extrapulmonary comorbidities are common and significant in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), often contributing to symptoms, exacerbations, hospital admissions and …

Comorbidities in patients with COPD and pulmonary rehabilitation: do they matter?

FME Franssen, CL Rochester - European Respiratory Review, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
It is now recognised that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous
disease with many systemic features. Cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal and …

Impact of COPD on postoperative outcomes: results from a national database

H Gupta, B Ramanan, PK Gupta, X Fang, A Polich… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Although COPD affects large sections of the population, its effects on
postoperative outcomes have not been rigorously studied. The objectives of this study were …