Stroke - Challenge in Patients with COPD, Chronic Pulmonary Heart and COVID-19 Infection

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the respiratory condition with the highest prevalence, with over 10% of individuals over the age of 40 presenting with this disease . The COVID-19 infection has significantly increased morbidity and mortality among COPD patients, as well as the rate of...

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Published in:Medicina interna (1992) 2024-06, Vol.21 (2), p.21-27
Main Authors: Popa, Nicoleta Alina, Maga, Paula Carmen, Popescu, Mircea Ioachim
Format: Article
Language:English
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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
chronic pulmonary heart
COVID-19 infection
thromboembolic complications
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Summary:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the respiratory condition with the highest prevalence, with over 10% of individuals over the age of 40 presenting with this disease . The COVID-19 infection has significantly increased morbidity and mortality among COPD patients, as well as the rate of complications within this pathology. COVID-19 infection is a systemic inflammatory condition, with primary pulmonary involvement, but also with secondary gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, endocrinological, hepatic, renal, and, not least, neurological effects . The degree of pulmonary involvement and bacterial superinfection have increased the risk of thromboembolic complications: stroke, atrial fibrillation (FiA), and death.
ISSN:1220-5818
1220-5818
DOI:10.2478/inmed-2024-0285