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Determine the Various Risk Factors and Co-Morbidities in the Patient’s Admitted with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Cross Sectional Study
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Aim: study the prevalence of various risk factors and co-morbidities in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Material and Method: 73 patients admitted with AE-COPD data on body mass index (BMI), smoking, symptoms, co-morbidities course of the disease, spirometry management were obtained. Results: Eighty-eight percent of the admitted patients had current or past smoking habit of ‘Bidi’ and 9% were cigarette smokers. of admitted patients, 46% had at least one co-morbid condition. Mean FEV1 was 42.5%. Conclusion: Study concluded that the hospitalized patient with AE-COPD suggests spirometric impairments because majority of the patients had current or past smoking habits. Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases were found to be the major co-morbidities.
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AE-COD, Co-morbidities, FEV1.
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