Introduction. Calculations of the components body mass: fat, muscle and bone serve as an objective characteristic a person's physique. The aim: to evaluate composition indicators patients with COPD establish correlational relationships. Materials methods. 120 were examined, evenly distributed by degree severity (GOLD 1-4). Average age (56.67 ± 10.28) years. We determined: mass index (BMI), BMD ...

INTRODUCTION Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is estimated to become the fifth leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. The mortality and morbidity from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is getting higher and higher as a result of the epidemics in tobacco consumption all over the world, especially in developing countries. The study objectives were to determine the correlation between ...

Airway remodeling is a pathophysiologic process at the clinical, cellular, and molecular level relating to chronic obstructive airway diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and mustard lung. These diseases are associated with the dysregulation of multiple molecular pathways in the airway cells. Little progress has so far been made in discovering the molecular caus...

BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema are a frequent result of long-term smoking, but the exact mechanisms, specifically which types of cells are associated with the lung destruction, are unclear. METHODS AND FINDINGS We studied different subsets of lymphocytes taken from portions of human lungs removed surgically to find out which lymphocytes were the most frequent, ...

This article characterised the role of oxidative stress in mediating pathological reactions in the lung and the unique antioxidant defences that the lung possesses. The impact of redox balance in regulating inflammatory and immune reactions were discussed, and the impact of enhancing lung antioxidant capacity in animal models of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were characterised.

background & aim: the aim of this clinical trial study was to evaluate sleep quality in patients with chronic lung disease and the role of controlled breathing to improve the quality of sleep. methods & materials: sixty-four patients with chronic lung disease in two group (experimental and control group) enrolled in a 7 weeks. before interventions, the pittsburgh sleep quality index (psqi) and ...

Pulmonary hypertension has been the subject of many recent studies. The varieties of pulmonary hypertension can be classified as passive, obstructive, hyperkinetic, and vasoconstrictive (Wood, 1956). In the obstructive group acute and chronic pulmonary thrombosis and embolism, chronic lung disease, collagen disease, and schistosomiasis are the usual causes. A patient is described in whom an obs...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus are common and underdiagnosed medical conditions. It was predicted that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will be the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. The healthcare burden of this disease is even greater if we consider the significant impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on the cardiov...

The aim of this study was to describe the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on health status in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) populations. We conducted a cross-sectional, general population-based survey in 11 985 subjects from 17 countries. We measured spirometric lung function and assessed health status using the Short Form 12 questionnaire. The physical an...