Forming Indian Guidelines for Treating COPD patients Dr. Dheeraj Gupta Although numerous evidence-based guidelines are available for the diagnosis and management of COPD with recent updates Globally; there are differences in the overall types of cases, risk factors, disease prevalence and health-care infrastructure in India, which makes it important to have our own guidelines for …
COPD: When to Suspect? (Clinical Features & Early Diagnosis) Dr. J.K. Samaria COPD is a serious illness worldwide. It is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality if left untreated in the early stages. It is also associated with significant loss of productivity of the individual in the society. So in this context, …
Dr. (Prof.) A.G. Ghoshal Dr. Sushmita Roy Chowdhury Consultant Pulmonologist Fortis Hospital Kolkatta We are in the midst of an epidemic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without being aware of it. The disease can be minimally expressed as progressive narrowing of the distal airways of the lungs. The disease goes vastly unnoticed as the …
Magnitude and burden of COPD Global and Indian Scene Dr S.K. Jindal, MD FAMS, FCCP, FNCCP Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, popularly called COPD is a common and chronic respiratory disease. COPD commonly starts in the middle age men and most …
DEFINITION OF COPD P.S. Shankar MD, FRCP (Lond), FAMS, DSc(Gul), DSc(NTR), DSc(RGUHS) Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore, Karnataka Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem associated with long-term exposure to toxic particles or gases, most often related to cigarette smoking. Even though there have been …
Dr. M.Sabir,MD Editor, Public Forum President Elect-2012-13, Indian Chest Society Dear friends, Today is ‘World COPD Day’. It is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) to improve awareness and care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) around the world. World COPD Day was first held in 2002 and every year over 50 …
PROGNOSIS OF COPD Dr. N.K. JAIN MD. D.N.B., FNCCP FCCP (USA) Chronic obstructive disease worsens over time. After COPD becomes clinically apparent, the median survival is about 10 years. Prognostic variables in COPD patients are not well described. A number & factors play a role in the severity of COPD symptoms include low FEV1, active …
COPD-Assessment of Disease progression & response to treatment Dr. Agam Bohra COPD is common preventable & treatable disease characterized by persistent airflow limitation i.e. usually progressive & associated with chronic inflammation in airways kills more than 3 million people every year, making it the 4th largest cause of death in the world. It has been …
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Care of the critically Ill COPD patient in the ICU Parvaiz A Koul MD, FACP, FCCP, FRCP (London) 1. When does the COPD patient need admission to the ICU? Whenever an exacerbation of the patient is severe, the physician may decide to admit the patient to the Intensive care unit for a closer supervision of …
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Care for Nutrition while treating COPD Dr Sheetu Singh, MD Are nutritional abnormalities common in COPD? Nutritional abnormalities are encountered in 2-50% patients of chronic obstructive airway disease (COPD). What causes nutritional abnormalities in patients with COPD? There are multiple reasons for nutritional imbalance in patients with COPD. These include decreased appetite, …
