Groneberg D A, Pleimes D, Golpon H, Welte T
Abteilung Pneumologie, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
Versicherungsmedizin. 2006 Sep 1;58(3):116-9.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) belongs next to bronchial asthma to the most important diseases of the respiratory tract in terms of its socio-economic impact. Especially exacerbations of COPD and clinical end-stages exert extremely negative effects on the global burden of disease. This article analyses current aspects of COPD regarding epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathophysiology and diagnosis of the disease. Given the estimation that COPD will be the third most common cause of death in the year 2020, the high socio-economic costs and the primary cause tobacco smoke exposure, the disease can be regarded as extremely relevant for numerous aspects of insurance medicine.
就社会经济影响而言，慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）仅次于支气管哮喘，是呼吸道最重要的疾病之一。尤其是COPD急性加重期和临床终末期对全球疾病负担产生极大的负面影响。本文分析了COPD在流行病学、发病机制、病理生理学和疾病诊断方面的当前情况。鉴于预计到2020年COPD将成为第三大常见死因，其社会经济成本高昂且主要病因是接触烟草烟雾，该疾病在保险医学的诸多方面都具有极其重要的意义。
