Introduction: More than 90% of the deaths caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occur in the low- and middle -income countries. The main aim of this study was to investigate the lipid profile levels in COPD patients and examine the correlation of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoproteins, high density lipoproteins, and LDL/HDL risk ratio with COPD stages that a...

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in adults. anemia is known as comorbidity in many chronic diseases that can increase morbidity and mortality of copd. recent studies have shown that anemia may be more prevalent than expected in copd patients and can increase disabilities of copd. in this study we have evaluated the correlation be...

  Background :Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a third leading cause of death.   Methods : In this case control study, we prepared 5 cc bloods from the antecubital vein of 100 COPD patients and 40 healthy individuals as control group. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression protein level was measured by ELISA in both groups.   Results : We found that concentration of...

this is a clinical trial regarding the comparative effect of two drugs in copd patients. the drugs were salbutamol and ipratropoim bromide that are being used commonly in the treatment of copd. salbotamol is less expensive in iran and more available than ipratropim. we chose 16 patients which were referred to pulmonary clinic in imamhospital, sari. the pulmonary function test was done for each ...

information about chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (copd)-related health resources allocation in china is very limited. the aim of the study was to explore the distribution of copd-related health resources allocation among different levels public hospitals (phs) in hunan province of central south china.we randomly collected data from 57 public hospitals (phs) at 3 different levels in huna...

Dr.Mirsadraei and colleagues performed an interesting study about the lung HRCT findings in chemical warfare patients who suffering from long-term pulmonary complications. They found that air trapping and mosaic attenuation were the most common lung HRCT findings. Also they divided patients in different clinical entities according to the lung HRCT findings (Bronchiolitis Oblitrans, pulmonary fi...