TY - JOUR ID - 241247 TI - Respiratory Disturbance Index and Severity of Airway Obstruction in COPD Patients JO - TANAFFOS (Respiration) JA - RSPR LA - en SN - 1735-0344 AU - Jamaati, Hamid Reza AU - Adimi, Parisa AU - Malekmohammad, Majid AU - Nayebi, Mahnoosh AU - Jafari, Katayoun AU - Pajooh, Parisa AD - Department of Pulmonary Medicine AD - Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Y1 - 2008 PY - 2008 VL - 7 IS - 3(summer) SP - 18 EP - 22 KW - Respiratory disturbance index KW - Sleep apnea KW - COPD DO - N2 - Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disease and concomitant occurrence with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reported in some studies. This coincidence can result in exacerbation of common complications like exacerbated hypoxemia, hyperpnea and right-sided heart failure. Thus, we decided to evaluate and compare respiratory disturbance index (RDI) and sleep apnea in COPD patients. Materials and Methods: For this purpose, 50 COPD patients with OSA were studied between 2003 and 2004. OSA criteria included obstructive apnea and clinical symptoms of snoring, sleep disorder and RDIā‰„5. The patients were divided in to two groups: group 1 consisted of 11 patients (22%) with FEV1/FVC UR - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_241247.html L1 - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_241247_4eeef91786d32216756352461ad1339b.pdf ER -