Prevalence of Anaemia In COPD And Its Association With Smoking
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world, being the 4th leading cause of death worldwide. All chronic inflammatory diseases have been known to be associated with Anaemia whereas COPD has been known to be associated with Polycythemia. However recent studies have shown an increased prevalence of anaemia in COPD and it has been attributed to the chronic inflammation associated with the disease. Other factors that might contribute to Anaemia in COPD are malnutrition in severe forms of COPD and the oxidative stress of smoking itself. In this Cross sectional observational study conducted over a period of two years from 2016 to 2018, we have studied the presence of Anaemia in patients of COPD admitted in the ward for acute exacerbation, after excluding cases with other chronic diseases such as Bronchiectasis, Tuberculosis and Carcinoma Lung and also cases of Anaemia related to Haemoglobinopathies. Out of a total of 148 cases of COPD, 107 were included in the study after applying the exclusion criteria and collecting the data from the discharge summaries. We found a total prevalence of anaemia in these COPD cases to be as high as 56% with a prevalence of 62% in males and 37% in females. To find out the association of anaemia with the oxidative stress of smoking in these patients we divided the patients in to one group of active smokers, who had stopped smoking only because of the exacerbation and a group of non-smoker/exsmokers. Only 14 patients were found to be active smokers at the time of admission and of these 9 were anaemic. The odds ratio for active smokers having anaemia was 1.48 (95% Confidence interval ranging from 0.315 to 2.64) showing a significant impact of smoking on the presence of anaemia in COPD patients.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Pankaj M Gholap
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP511809
- DOI -
- Views 87
- Downloads 0
Bacteriological Profile of Osteomyelitis in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Background: Widespread use of antibiotics has changed the etiological pattern and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Osteomyelitis. Continuous monitoring in a particular geographical area will indicate the current resi...
A Study on Ocular Biometric During Accommodation.
We performed a biometric study that used A-mode ultrasonography on 75 young subjects during ocular accommodation. The subjects between the age group of 18 to 30 years were divided into three groups depending upon their r...
Evaluation of Vitamin D Level in Thyroid Disorder and its Correlation with Autoimmuity
Vitamin D deficiency has become a global health problem. But it is most under-diagnosed and under-treated nutritional deficiency in the world [1–3]. Vitamin D was earlier known as a regulator of calcium homeostasis, and...
Complications in Dengue like Illnesses.
Background: Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne viral infection of humans. Methods: The hospital based study was conducted on patients presenting to paediatric hospital, who fulfilled inclusion and exclusion c...
Study on the ability of producing of conjugated linoleic acid of lactobacillus fermentum101 isolated from human digestive tract.
The most abundant isomers of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) are cis-9 trans-11 (c9t11) and trans-10 cis-12 (t10c12) that involved in a number a health aspect. In human, lactic acid bacteria was thought to produce CLA fro...