Research Article: Obesity Prevalence and Association with Spirometry Profiles, ICU Admission, and Comorbidities Among Patients with COPD: Retrospective Study in Two Tertiary Centres in Saudi Arabia
Abstract:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), defined as a preventable and treatable disease characterised by expiratory airflow limitation that is irreversible, is one of the top three causes of death, with % of the death rate happening in low- and middle-income countries., More than three million patients with COPD died in , accounting for % of worldwide deaths. Additionally, it has been projected that COPD will be responsible for .% of global deaths in . The characteristics of respiratory symptoms of COPD are both chronic and progressive dyspnoea, cough and sputum production. An acute deterioration in these respiratory symptoms, known as an acute exacerbation of COPD, is associated with higher use of medications, healthcare use, low levels of physical activity, and poor health, related to quality of life. This association is also found more significantly in obese COPD patients compared with normal-weight COPD patients.–
Introduction:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), defined as a preventable and treatable disease characterised by expiratory airflow limitation that is irreversible, is one of the top three causes of death, with % of the death rate happening in low- and middle-income countries. , More than three million patients with COPD died in , accounting for % of worldwide deaths. Additionally, it has been projected that COPD will be responsible for .% of global deaths in . The characteristics of respiratory symptoms of COPD are…
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