Evaluarea radiologică şi funcţională a emfizemului pulmonar la pacienţii cu bronhopneumopatie cronică obstructivă

Abstract

We have investigated 81 patients with COPD stages I-IV (69 men and 12 women) aged between 34 and 62 years. The radiological and functional evaluation has established that an early sign of emphysema is lung hyperinflation, detected by whole body-plethysmography method. In pulmonary emphysema, along with the morphological changes progression (destruction of pulmonary elastic structures) identifi ed on chest X ray, progresses as well the severity of functional disorders.