Prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a hospitalized lung cancer population: a single center study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often coexists with lung cancer (LC) and has a detrimental effect on the prognosis of LC patients. Presently, there is a lack of adequate assessment regarding the management of COPD in LC patients. This study assessed the screening, prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of COPD in hospitalized LC patients and compared the management practices between two departments at our hospital.

Methods

We retrospectively assessed the data of 3,578 patients diagnosed with primary LC in the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Thoracic Surgery from January 2019 to December 2020. We also compared the rate of spirometry, COPD diagnosis and COPD inhalation treatment between the LC patients from both d

SUBMITTER: Qu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10482625 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature