Open AccessSurvival of patients with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in relation to smoking habits
Author(s) -
Kristina Tot-Vereš
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1204146t
Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , pulmonary function testing , pulmonary disease , copd , observational study , obstructive lung disease , disease , stage (stratigraphy) , retrospective cohort study , asthma , paleontology , biology
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is estimated to become the fifth leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. The mortality and morbidity from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is getting higher and higher as a result of the epidemics in tobacco consumption all over the world, especially in developing countries. The study objectives were to determine the correlation between the smoking habits and mortality in the patients with chronic obstructive lung diseases, to evaluate the two-year and five-year survival depending on the smoking habits, to compare and correlate the smoking habits and a decrease in the lung function.