Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in organized groups
https://doi.org/10.21292/2075-1230-2020-98-6-36-39
Abstract
The objective: to study the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adult organized groups, to assess the structure and risk factors of its development.
Subjects and methods. 3,000 people of the organized population working at various enterprises in Tashkent aged 20 to 60 years (1,400 (46.7%) women and 1,600 (53.3%) men) underwent the contemporary pulmonological screening.
Results. The active pulmonological screening aimed to detect COPD among organized groups has been justified; examination of 3,000 people allowed detecting 198 (6.6%) new patients additionally to 65 cases that were already known at the time of screening. The chances of developing COPD increase with the presence of risk factors such as smoking, exposure to toxic substances and chemicals, and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections.
About the Authors
G. T. Tаshmetovа
Tashkent Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Gulchekhra T. Tashmetova, Assistant of Pulmonology Department with Training Course in Clinical Allergology.
51, Parkentskaya St., Mirzo-Ulugbekskiy District, Tashkent, 100007.
Phone: 712681744.
I. V. Liverko
Republican Special Scientific Practical Medical Center of Phthisiology and Pulmonology
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Irina V. Liverko, Deputy Director for Research and Innovations.
1, Mazhlisiy St., Shaykhontakhurskiy District, Tashkent, 100086.
Phone: 712780470.
References
1. Аndreeva E.А., Kuznetsova O.Yu., Pokhaznikova M.А. Early diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - myth or reality? Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskoy Akademii Poslediplomnogo Obrazovaniya, 2011, no. 4, pp. 136-140. (In Russ.)
2. Zakharova I.A. Khonicheskie nespetsificheskie zabolevaniya legkikh u lits molodogo vozrasta. Rasprostranennost, osobennosti kliniko-funktsionalnogo statusa i kachestva zhizni. Avtoref. diss. dok. med. nauk. [Chronic non-specific lung diseases in young people. Prevalence, parameters of the clinical and functional status and life quality. Synopsis of Doct. Diss.]. 2017, 47 p.
3. Karnaushkina M.А., Ovsyannikov D.Yu., Boytsova E.V., Malyavin А.G. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a possible outcome of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Doktor.ru, 2014, no. 2, pp. 10-16. (In Russ.)
4. Pozdnyakova O.Yu., Baturin V.А. Specific clinical manifestations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease depending on age. Meditsinskiy Vestnik Severnogo Kavkaza, 2011, no. 11, pp. 7-9. (In Russ.)
5. Chuchalin А.G. et al. Russian Respiratory Society. Federal clinical recommendations on diagnostics and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Pulmonoloiya, 2014, no. 3, 36 p. (In Russ.)
Review
For citations:
Tаshmetovа G.T., Liverko I.V. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in organized groups. Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. 2020;98(6):36-39. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21292/2075-1230-2020-98-6-36-39
Views:
917
Email this article 