Complications of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
- Author:
Jeong Sup SONG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University, Korea. jssong@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
COPD;
Complication;
Smoking
- MeSH:
Biomass;
Burns;
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Developing Countries;
Dyspnea;
Humans;
Hypertension, Pulmonary;
Lung Neoplasms;
Pneumothorax;
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*;
Respiratory Insufficiency;
Risk Factors;
Smoking
- From:Hanyang Medical Reviews
2005;25(4):40-45
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) generally follows decades of heavy cigarette smoking; although other risk factors may be present, burning of biomass fuels in developing countries is of particular concern. Most of the patients with COPD complain of dyspnea owing to obstructive airway disease, hyperinflation, and respiratory failure. Pulmonary hypertension, corpulmonale, and other smoking-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease and lung cancer may also be prominent in COPD patients. COPD patients are also prone to develop pneumothorax and chronic pulmonary thromboembolic disease. In this review, I briefly summarize the complications and accompanying disorders in association with COPD.
