The effectiveness of short-term pulmonary rehabilitation program in patients with comorbid asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obesity.

The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has not yet been established in patients with asthma - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap (ACO) depending on their nutritional status. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a short-term PR program in patients with comorbid asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and obesity. We included 40 ACO patients and divided them into 3 groups according to body mass index (BMI) and then subdivided them into PR (n=21) and control (n=19) groups.

«OBESITY PARADOX» IN COMORBID STABLE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE PATIENTS.

Objective: The aim: Was to find the possible relationship between spirometry tests, the BODE index (body mass index (BMI), airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise tolerance) with bioimpedance parameters in overweight and class I obese patients.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: 47 patients with stable ischemic heart disease (IHD) (I-II functional class), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (GOLD II, III, IV; groups B, C, D) were divided into 3 groups: G1: 15 normal-weight patients, G2: 15 overweight subjects, and G3: 17 class I obese patients. Spirometry tests, bioimpedance parameters, 6MWT (6-minute walk test) were measured.

The Role of MDR1 (C3435T) Gene Polymorphism in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a multifactorial disease characterized by gene-gene interaction as well as environmental effects. The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is proved to be higher in the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than in the case of its absence. We aimed to study the genotypes of MDR1 (C3435T) gene polymorphism and its relationship with clinical, instrumental, and laboratory parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus.