Passowicz-Muszyńska Ewa, Gostkowska-Malec Anna, Jankowska Renata
Medical University of Wrocław, Department of Pulmonology and Lung Cancer, Poland.
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2009 Aug;27(158):136-9.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease associated with high increasing worldwide mortality. COPD-related mortality is probably underestimated because of difficulties associated with identifying the precise cause of death. Respiratory failure is considered the major cause of death in advanced COPD. Comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases (pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia, stroke) are also major causes and in COPD, are leading causes of mortality. The links between COPD and these conditions are not fully understood. However a link through the inflammation pathway has been suggested.
慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）是一种在全球范围内死亡率不断上升的疾病。由于难以确定确切的死亡原因，COPD相关的死亡率可能被低估。呼吸衰竭被认为是晚期COPD的主要死亡原因。合并症如心血管疾病（肺动脉高压、肺栓塞、缺血性心脏病、心律失常、中风）也是主要原因，并且在COPD中是导致死亡的主要因素。COPD与这些病症之间的联系尚未完全明确。然而，有人提出它们之间可能通过炎症途径存在联系。
