COMORBID CONDITIONS AND MANAGEMENT STARTEGIES IN COPD PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Dr. R. Bhanu Prasad* and Dr. V. Sai Rathna

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the different comorbid conditions in subjects diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and their treatment approaches. Methods: Retrospective observational cohort study was conducted in Inpatient Respiratory department at Bongu Bheem Rao (BBR) super speciality hospital from July 2017 to December 2017 and a total number of 318 case records of subjects diagnosed with COPD, regardless of senility, belonging to both genders were collected from the subjects case sheets. Results and Discussion: among the subjects, the number of men and women are 268 and 50 respectively. of which, 108 (33.96%) males and 28 (8.80%) females are affected with a habitat of smoking. Cardiovascular comorbidities (61.3%) is recorded to be more prevalent comorbidity than other comorbid conditions inherited in the study and percentage of drug usage is high in antibiotics (58.2%). Conclusion: The highest incidence of comorbidities was recorded in cardiovascular diseases along with COPD. The main cause of COPD observed is due to smoking as half of the subjects are diagnosed with a habitat of smoking. Males are affected with a higher risk than females. High percentage of drug usage is found with the antibiotic class of drugs.

Keywords: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Comorbidities, Smoking, Exacerbations, Mortality.