نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشیار ریه، بیمارستان قائم (عج)، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد
2 استاد ریه ، بیمارستان قائم (عج)، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد
3 استادیار ریه، بیمارستان قائم (عج)، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد
4 دانشیارپزشکی اجتماعی، بیمارستان قائم (عج)، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد
5 پزشک عمومی
6 دستیار فوق تخصصی ریه
چکیده
کلیدواژه‌ها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Introduction
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic inflammation and progressive development of airflow limitation. Recently besides the typical pulmonary pathology of COPD, several effects occuring outside the lungs, for example weight loss and malnutrition have been described the so called systemic effects of COPD. In this study we evaluated body mass index (BMI), serum albumin and their relationship with pulmonary function.
Materials and Methods
This descriptive study performed on 42 patients, referring to Ghaem Hospital Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran at 2005, with the mean age of 62.82±10.54 years and the mean forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) (1.38±0.76 lit.).This study was approved by the local ethics. Severity of disease was defined by global initiative for chronic lung disease (GOLD) guideline. BMI and serum albumin were measured.
Results
BMI was lower than normal in 9.5% of patients. There was a significant negative correlation between the severity of disease and BMI (p= 0.004, r= - 0.43). Furthermore the correlation between the severity of disease and serum albumin was significantly negative (p= 0.02, r= - 0.35).
Conclusion
The results of this study indicate that BMI and serum albumin decreased as the severity of disease increased. Therefore, the nutritional status is closely linked to the severity of COPD.
کلیدواژه‌ها [English]
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