Publications by authors named "S Kalenci"
Background: In this study, the presence of microalbuminuria in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in whom no proteinuria was determined by conventional methods, has been studied taking into account the possible relationship between microalbuminuria and respiratory parameters and their predictive role on mortality.
Methods: Twenty-five cases with COPD who had been hospitalized because of an acute exacerbation and 25 healthy age and sex matched volunteers were included in the study. Microalbuminuria measurement, arterial blood gas analysis, and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC) measurements were performed in the COPD group at the beginning of hospitalisation (admission) and after therapy for an average period of 14 +/- 6 days when they were stable at the time of discharge (discharge).