Abstract
We analyze the lung function using advanced measurement (body plethysmography) and standard measurement (spirometry) in stable COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) patients. Subjects and methods: 211 patients with stable COPD (88.6% males) age 61�5 years (mean � standard deviation), exsmokers 78.7%, underwent to: body pletysmography , spirometry, electrocardiography. Parameters obtained: residual volume (RV), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), were correlated with different parameters and also for prediction of quality of life in COPD patients. In assessing the quality of life we used the St. George�s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). According to BMI (body mass index) we classify patients in four groups: 1. underweight ([ 20, n = 34), 2. normal weight (20-24, n = 79), 3. overweight (25-29.9, n = 58), 4. obese ( ]30, n = 40), n = number of patients.
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Chronic Pulmonary ObstructionROXANA MARIA NEMES1, FLORENTINA LIGIA FURTUNESCU2,*, IOAN SORIN TUDORACHE1, TUDOR HARSOVESCU1, ALEXANDRA FLORIANA NEMES2, MIRONELA PIRNAU3 1Titu Maiorescu University, Faculty of Medicine, 67A Gheorghe Petrascu Str, 031593, Bucharest, Romania 2Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroii Sanitari Blvd, 050474, Bucharest, Romania 3Titu Maiorescu, Faculty of Informatics, 189 Calea Vacaresti Str, 0400511, Bucharest Romania
We analyze the lung function using advanced measurement and standard measurement in stable COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) patients
True or false responses are subsequently converted into numerical scale, resulting in field-specific scores and overall scores, which allow statistical processing of patient-provided information. The values of these scores are in the range 0-100, where 0 quantifies perfect quality of life, and 100 a maximum impact on quality of life related to health
Summary
ROXANA MARIA NEMES1, FLORENTINA LIGIA FURTUNESCU2,*, IOAN SORIN TUDORACHE1, TUDOR HARSOVESCU1, ALEXANDRA FLORIANA NEMES2, MIRONELA PIRNAU3 1Titu Maiorescu University, Faculty of Medicine, 67A Gheorghe Petrascu Str, 031593, Bucharest, Romania 2Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroii Sanitari Blvd, 050474, Bucharest, Romania 3Titu Maiorescu, Faculty of Informatics, 189 Calea Vacaresti Str, 0400511, Bucharest Romania. We analyze the lung function using advanced measurement (body plethysmography) and standard measurement (spirometry) in stable COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) patients. Was developed by PW Jones et al being the most commonly used questionnaire in assessing the quality of life in chronic respiratory diseases (bronchial asthma, COPD), in COPD [5] It includes 76 questions grouped into three areas: symptoms, activity, impact. -assessing the impact of the disease on the patient’s life, which is of much greater interest to it than the classical-aasssseessssimngentht eofimdipseaacst eofsethveeridtyis(eFaEsVe1)o;n the patient’s life, which is of much greater interest to it than the classical assessment of disease severity (FEV1); Experimental part Material and methods In this prospective study, 211 patients with stable COPD (87.7% males) age 61± 5 years (mean ± standard deviation), underwent to: spirometry, body plethysmography and echocardiography. The parameters measured by spirometry were: vital capacity (VC), flow expiratory volume in one
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