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Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common diseases among the population, and its pathogenesis is influenced by inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, oxidative process, as well as changes in the state of hypoxia of the lungs and other organs. Improving the diagnosis and treatment of this disease is one of the urgent and complex tasks of modern pulmonology. This is also confirmed by the increasing number of patients suffering from COPD all over the world.
According to the results of a number of studies, the prevalence of COPD among the population over 40 years of age is 11.8% in men and 8.5% in women, and the average is 10.1%. It is one of the leading causes of physician visits, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations.