OBJECTIVE Coronary and chronic lung diseases have become a common association. This comorbidity has been generically considered by most of the operative risk scores, but its functional severity has seldom been addressed by these models. Our objective was to analyze its prognostic relevance considering preoperative pulmonary function parameters. METHODS All patients undergoing CABG from May 19...

Unidad de Investigación en Músculo y Aparato Respiratorio (URMAR), Barcelona, Spain Instituto Municipal de Investigación Médica (IMIM)-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Barcelona, Spain Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud (CEXS), Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Parque de Investigación Biomédica de Barcelona (PR...

he term chronic obstructive lung disease T ( C O L D ) is used to designate a heterogeneous group of patients \\rho have persistent irreversible a iways obstruction of uncertain et ioloa. Until recently, these patients were thought to have an unpredictable course, an uncertain prognosis, and wry variable clinical manifestations. \Ye now know that most patients follo\w a slowly progressive cours...

Introduction T common criterion recommended for diagnosis of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is demonstration of “progressive irreversible airway obstruction” on spirometry. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) has recommended spirometry as the gold standard for diagnosis of COPD. However, spirometry is not widely available and spirometric test results ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, namely, pulmonary emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is a chronic inflammatory response of the airways to noxious particles or gases, with resulting pathological and pathophysiological changes in the lung. The main pathophysiological aspects of the disease are airflow obstruction and hyperinflation. The mechanical properties of the respiratory system and it...

Smoking amongst women has become significant as the number of smoking women is increasing gradually in this developing society. It affects the lungs to produce Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Present study was conducted over 100 smoker's women and 100 non-smoker women in the age group of 30-40 Years. Three Lung Function Tests--FEVI, FVC and PEFR were employed to all smoking and no...

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...