A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON EXTRA PULMONARY COMORBIDITIES IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Extra pulmonary comorbidities (EPC), Dyspnea, smoking, Depression, Anemia, Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), Coronary artery disease (CAD), Exacerbations, MortalityAbstract
The aim of the study is to assess how COPD is affecting other systems in our body. COPD is a chronic inflammatory
disease. The prevalence of COPD is increasing day by day in India and there is a need to study the prevalence of
COPD, particularly in the rural areas, which may be most affected due to their life style. In 2020 it is the third most
leading disease in the world. COPD can no longer be considered as disease affecting the lungs alone. COPD is
associated with various comorbidities, which influence the course of COPD and worsen prognosis. Patients with
COPD typically have comorbid conditions, such as lung cancer, cardiovascular disease (example-ischemic heart
disease), corpulmonale, pulmonary arterial hypertension, depression, muscle wasting, osteopenia and chronic
infection. One explanation for this is that tobacco use drives disease in multiple organs. These disorders contribute to
a high disease burden and early mortality in patients with COPD.
So we have collected 100 cases of patients who are diagnosed with COPD along with extrapulmonary comorbidities
(EPC). In our study we observed that the highest rate of EPC is anaemia and the most common is corpulmonale. We
also assess the patient’s disease severity by using mMRC dyspnoea scale and we observed that patients are mostly in
grade III and IV.COPD is frequently associated with other diseases and there is consistent evidence that these
comorbidities had greater negative impact in COPD patient’s life.
