[COPD: beyond the respiratory system]

Presse Med. 2014 Dec;43(12 Pt 1):1381-6. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2014.05.018. Epub 2014 Oct 31.
[Article in French]

Abstract

COPD is a respiratory disease associated with multiple extrapulmonary comorbidities: cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, depression and psychological disorders are the most prevalent. Comorbidities, especially ischemic heart disease, represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COPD patients. The putative link between COPD and comorbidities could be the low-grade systemic inflammation, which is common in COPD. The presence of multiple comorbidities has a strong impact on the management of COPD patients.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / physiopathology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / therapy
  • Cause of Death
  • Comorbidity
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Disease Progression
  • General Practice
  • Humans
  • Inflammation Mediators / blood
  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / mortality
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / therapy

Substances

  • Inflammation Mediators