Eosinophilic Inflammation in COPD: Prevalence and Clinical Phenotype in COPD Patients

Abstract

hronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease state characterized by progressive airflow limitation, and is associated with an abnormal inflammatory response of the lungs to noxious particles or gases, primarily caused by cigarettes smoking. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. One third of patients detected using case finding approaches in primary care settings are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Under diagnosis of COPD is serious problem in many countries world-wide because there are no generally detection tools available to detect high-risk patients for spirometry and patients will not go for COPD check-up until a serious issue happens like exacerbation. The present study was cross sectional study conducted upon 112 subjects during the period from March 2019 to March 2020 who admitted to our Chest Department or visitED our outpatient clinics at Ain Shams University Hospitals. The study population was subjected to: Full detailed history including: age, sex, residency and full medical history with special emphasis on history of any