Creator: Dr. Simi Paknikar
Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, COPD Complications, COPD heart failure, respiratory failure

Written by Dr. Simi Paknikar, MD

Medically Reviewed by Dr. Nithin Jayan, MBBS, DNB

Last Updated on Mar 24, 2018

Complications of COPD

Complications of COPD are:

Muscle weakness
Thinning of bone
Heart – related complications like heart failure, abnormal rhythm and heart attack
Stroke
Depression
Cancer
Severe weight loss
Anemia
Respiratory failure

References:

Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine 17^th edition
Ján Tkác, S. F. Paul Man and Don D. Sin. Systemic consequences of COPD. Ther Adv Respir Dis (2007) 1(1) 47–59.

Published on Feb 25, 2011
Last Updated on Mar 24, 2018

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