Stručni rad

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive lung disease

Jelena Ostojić orcid.org/0000-0002-0314-331X ; Specijalna bolnica za plućne bolesti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ana-Marija Šola ; Specijalna bolnica za plućne bolesti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Miloš Lalovac ; Klinička bolnica Merkur, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Vanja Dolenec ; Specijalna bolnica za plućne bolesti, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) are defined as episodes of increased respiratory symptoms, particularly dyspnea, sputum volume and purulence, requiring additional therapy. Acute exacerbations are mostly induced by viral, less often bacterial or mixed infections. Patients with two or more exacerbations treated in the outpatient department (or at least one hospitalisation for acute exacerbation) are considered as frequent exacerbators – the phenotype associated with poorer quality of life and accelerated loss of lung function. More than 80% of acute exacerbations can be treated in the outpatient setting with bronchodilators, short-course of oral corticosteroids and/or antibiotics.

Ključne riječi

COPD; exacerbations; severity assessment

Hrčak ID:

223051

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/223051

Datum izdavanja:

18.7.2019.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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