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[Symptoms and natural history of hospital chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]
Background:
Since few years, the data describing the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have changed and new concepts have emerged.
Aim:
To study the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with COPD in a Tunisian population.
Methods:
It is a retrospective study including 150 patients with COPD admitted at the pulmonary department of Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, during a period of ten years.
Results:
Data from 150 patients hospitalized at the pulmonary department of Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, were analyzed. They were 126 men and 24 women with a mean age of 67 years. Tobacco was the predominant risk factor. Eighty-two (55%) patients were classified GOLD stage IV at diagnosis. The number of exacerbation varied from 1 to 7 with an average higher in patients classified as stage IV (p = 0.007).
Conclusion:
The COPD is pathology of smoking men. Comorbidities and exacerbations prevalence increase according the disease severity. In fact, better knowledge of exacerbations etiologies allows considering better measurement of prevention.
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