Diferencias en el pronóstico y mortalidad en los pacientes con EPOC según el fenotipo y las comorbilidades

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disease that has important implications for the symptoms, quality of life and morbidity and mortality of patients who suffer from it. It consists of a not completely reversible chronic airflow obstructionin patients with respiratory symptoms, frequently caused by tobacco. COPD is a disease that usually occurs together with other conditions, called comorbidities. This association may be due to different mechanisms: due to sharing common risk factors, due to being a complication of the same disease, due to a coincident disease or due to an intercurrent disease. The presence of these comorbidities in COPD patients often impoverishes the prognosis of both conditions, both COPD and comorbidities, which is why a comprehensive management of these pathologies is necessary...