Weight changes in the terminal stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Relation to respiratory function and prognosis.
Weight changes in the terminal stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Relation to respiratory function and prognosis.
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慢性阻塞性肺疾病末期的体重变化。
DOI:
10.1164/arrd.1967.95.4.556
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发表时间:
1967
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通讯作者:
A. Gyselen
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作者:
É. Vandenbergh;K. P. Van de Woestijne;A. Gyselen
The occurrence of marked weight loss during the terminal stages of respiratory insufficiency is a frequent clinical finding (1-3). This can lead to cachexia, with the result that suspicion of malignancy arises (3-5). Nevertheless, only limited data are available in the literature on the beginning, the degree, the duration, the causes, and the repercussions on lung function due to this weight loss.In a group of 220 emphysematous patients Wenk (5) mentioned 19 patients admitted to hospital because of marked weight loss or cachexia. Among 199 of these patients he found 130 whose actual weight was at least 10 per cent less than their theoretic body weight, as determined by the index of Broca. Mitchell and Filley (2) observed weight loss in 51 per cent of their group of 150 patients with chronic obstructive disease; in 14 per cent, this weight loss exceeded the predyspnea body weight by 20 per cent.