Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Overview

Author(s):  
Niki Katsiki ◽  
Paschalis Steiropoulos ◽  
Nikolaos Papanas ◽  
Dimitri P. Mikhailidis

AbstractChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disease with an increasing prevalence, characterised by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. Apart from cigarette smoking, certain occupational and environmental exposures, low socioeconomic status and genetic factors may contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD. Comorbidities, e. g. diabetes mellitus (DM), can negatively affect quality of life, COPD outcomes and cardiovascular risk. The present narrative review considers the potential links between COPD and DM, such as systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, hypoxaemia and hyperglycaemia. The effects of antidiabetic drugs on lung function and COPD outcomes, as well as the possibility of common therapeutic modalities are also briefly considered. Further research is needed in this field to elucidate these relationships as well as their potential clinical implications in daily practice.

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1346-1349
Author(s):  
Milesh Jung Sijapati ◽  
Narayan Bikram Thapa ◽  
Rajendra Rijal ◽  
Shiva Raj KC ◽  
Poojyashree Karki

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is most common disease entity and third leading cause of mortality worldwide. The presence of bronchiectasis in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients had led to frequent exacerbation requiring hospitalizations. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with bronchiectasis, using routine data collected during medical visits from patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Materials and Methods: This is hospital based cross sectional study conducted on 120 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. All patients were subjected through history, examination, pulmonary function test, sputum samples and imaging of chest.Results: Out of 120 patients among them 67 patients (55.8%) were chronic obstructive pulmonary disease without bronchiectasis while 53 patients (44.1%) had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with bronchiectasis. Thirty patients (56.6%) having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with bronchiectasis and 18 patient (26.8%) having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease without bronchiectasis had exacerbation in one year requiring hospitalisation. Most common organisms isolated were Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in 20 patients (55.5%), Klebsillae Pneumoniae in 6 patients (16.6%) among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with bronchiectasis group.Conclusion: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient with severe airflow limitation, with frequent exacerbation and colonisation with isolation of organisms resulting in bronchiectasis requiring frequent hospitalisation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A411-A411
Author(s):  
Abhraneel Parames Guha

Abstract Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined as a common preventable and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive and associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and the lung to noxious particles or gases. In this article we compared hospital stay between diabetic, non diabetic and prediabetic patients of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) who were treated with corticosteroids. We checked in hospital mortality and 30 day mortality in patients with AECOPD patients with diabetes, Its the first article on this topic from eastern India. Materials and Methods: The study was done in tertiary care centre from November 2017 to April 2019. We included 161 patients with age more than 40 years or more. Patients admitted in hospital with COPD with cough, sputum, dyspnea were included. They were divided into diabetic,prediabetic and non diabetic. We included readmission of patients who were diagnosed previously as AECOPD. Statistical Analysis was performed with help of Epi Info (TM) 7.2.2.2 EPI INFO is a trademark of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was a prospective observational study. Results: We found significant association between length of hospital stay and those with AECOPD with diabetes.29.6% of patients with diabetes had a stay of more than two weeks. Hospital stay was found to be 10.8+/-2.30 days in those who had mean random blood sugar (RBS) between 140 -170 mg/dl, 12.98 +/- 2.24 days in those who had RBS between 170–200 mg/dl and 12.62 +/- 3.10 days in those who had RBS more than 200 mg/dl. 89.4% of patient had a BMI (Body mass index) of < 25 kg/square meter. 8.1 % died in hospital and 9.5% died within 30 days of discharge. Among those who were treated with steroids, diabetic patients had a stay of 14.55+/- 0.74 days, compared to prediabetic who had a stay of 14.07+/-1.26 days and non diabetics who had 12.5+/-1.33 days. No association was found between hospital mortality and status of diabetes mellitus. No association was found between 30 day mortality and diabetes mellitus in our study. Conclusion: Diabetes Mellitus and AECOPD are major public health challenges. Whether there is an association between them needs to be addressed, specially in this part of the world. Those patients who were diabetic and treated with steroids had a longer stay than non diabetics and prediabetics. We found no association between hospital mortality and 30 day mortality with diabetes mellitus.


Author(s):  
M. L. Shteiner ◽  
A. V. Zhestkov ◽  
N. E. Lavrentieva

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a common disease that could lead to death. Pathogenesis of COPD involves both genetic and environmental factors. Such unfavorable production factors as dust, smoke, toxic and biologically active substances are the causes of disease in 15% of cases.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Cristoforo Incorvaia ◽  
Erminia Ridolo ◽  
Edoardo Riario-Sforza ◽  
Marcello Montagni ◽  
Gian Riario-Sforza

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1153
Author(s):  
Shih-Lung Cheng ◽  
Ching-Hsiung Lin

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable disease that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, giving rise to an enormous social and economic burden. The Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) report is one of the most frequently used documents for managing COPD patients worldwide. A survey was conducted across country-level members of Asia-Pacific Society of Respiratory (APSR) for collecting an updated version of local COPD guidelines, which were implemented in each country. This is the first report to summarize the similarities and differences among the COPD guidelines across the Asia-Pacific region. The degree of airflow limitation, assessment of COPD severity, management, and pharmacologic therapy of stable COPD will be reviewed in this report.


Thorax ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 713-720
Author(s):  
J Hadcroft ◽  
P M A Calverley

BACKGROUNDBronchodilator reversibility testing is recommended in all patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but does not predict improvements in breathlessness or exercise performance. Two alternative ways of assessing lung mechanics—measurement of end expiratory lung volume (EELV) using the inspiratory capacity manoeuvre and application of negative expiratory pressure (NEP) during tidal breathing to detect tidal airflow limitation—do relate to the degree of breathlessness in COPD. Their usefulness as end points in bronchodilator reversibility testing has not been examined.METHODSWe studied 20 patients with clinically stable COPD (mean age 69.9 (1.5) years, 15 men, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) 29.5 (1.6)% predicted) with tidal flow limitation as assessed by their maximum flow-volume loop. Spirometric parameters, slow vital capacity (SVC), inspiratory capacity (IC), and NEP were measured seated, before and after nebulised saline, and at intervals after 5 mg nebulised salbutamol and 500 μg nebulised ipratropium bromide. The patients attended twice and the treatment order was randomised.RESULTSMean FEV1, FVC, SVC, and IC were unchanged after saline but the degree of tidal flow limitation varied. FEV1 improved significantly after salbutamol and ipratropium (0.11 (0.02) l and 0.09 (0.02) l, respectively) as did the other lung volumes with further significant increases after the combination. Tidal volume and mean expiratory flow increased significantly after all bronchodilators but breathlessness fell significantly only after the combination treatment. The initial NEP score was unrelated to subsequent changes in lung volume.CONCLUSIONSNEP is not an appropriate measurement of acute bronchodilator responsiveness. Changes in IC were significantly larger than those in FEV1and may be more easily detected. However, our data showed no evidence for separation of “reversible” and “irreversible” groups whatever outcome measure was adopted.


2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (6) ◽  
pp. 1902-1908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Rodríguez-Roisin ◽  
Mitra Drakulovic ◽  
Diego A. Rodríguez ◽  
Josep Roca ◽  
Joan Albert Barberà ◽  
...  

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by a decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and, in many advanced patients, by arterial hypoxemia with or without hypercapnia. Spirometric and gas exchange abnormalities have not been found to relate closely, but this may reflect a narrow range of severity in patients studied. Therefore, we assessed the relationship between pulmonary gas exchange and airflow limitation in patients with COPD across the severity spectrum. Ventilation-perfusion (V̇A/Q̇) mismatch was measured using the multiple inert gas elimination technique in 150 patients from previous studies. The distribution of patients according to the GOLD stage of COPD was: 15 with stage 1; 40 with stage 2; 32 with stage 3; and 63 with stage 4. In GOLD stage 1, AaPo2 and V̇A/Q̇ mismatch were clearly abnormal; thereafter, hypoxemia, AaPo2, and V̇A/Q̇ imbalance increased, but the changes from GOLD stages 1–4 were modest. Postbronchodilator FEV1 was related to PaO2 ( r = 0.62) and PaCO2 ( r = −0.59) and to overall V̇A/Q̇ heterogeneity ( r = −0.48) ( P < 0.001 each). Pulmonary gas exchange abnormalities in COPD are related to FEV1 across the spectrum of severity. V̇A/Q̇ imbalance, predominantly perfusion heterogeneity, is disproportionately greater than airflow limitation in GOLD stage 1, suggesting that COPD initially involves the smallest airways, parenchyma, and pulmonary vessels with minimal spirometric disturbances. That progression of V̇A/Q̇ inequality with spirometric severity is modest may reflect pathogenic processes that reduce both local ventilation and blood flow in the same regions through airway and alveolar disease and capillary involvement.


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