Clinical characteristics and pulmonary ventilation in patients suffering from the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Internal Medicine Department 2, Viet-Czech Hospital from 2003 to 2004
- Author:
Do Thi Van
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- MeSH:
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive;
Pulmonary Ventilation
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2005;315(10):43-52
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A prospective study on 339 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from 2003 to 2004 showed that: males accounted for 73.16%, the disease was the most common among patients aged over 60 (87.32%). Clinical history: chronic bronchitis (51.03%), no previous pulmonary disease (22.12%), 100% of patients had been smoking previously. Clinical symptoms: cough + phlegm expectoration + dypsnea (100%), barrel shaped chest (63.72%), screeching sound + snoring sound + damp sound (61.94)... Clearance of lung obstruction: VC reduced by 65.89%; FVC reduced by 60.2%; PEF reduced by 52.53%, compared with theory frequency. FEV I: compared with theory frequency, 13.57% of the patients were still normal (85.6%) 86.43% of the patients greatly reduced (48.54%)... The disease was detected mainly in stage II (38.05%), stage III (30.68%), stage IV (17.7%), and stage I (13.57%)
