The Effect of Airway and Chest Wall Oscillation on Respiratory Functions in COPD Patients in Acute Exacerbation

Summary

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); It is a common, treatable and preventable disease characterized by progressive and irreversible airflow limitation and has systemic effects with respiratory system involvement. Increased respiratory workload, decreased work .

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

* Being classified as GOLD stage 3 or 4 based on spirometric evaluation in the medical history.
* Having a hospital admission within the specified time frame, evaluated by a pulmonary specialist, and admitted to the pulmonary diseases service with a diagnosis of COPD exacerbation.
* Being 40 years of age or older.
* Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a hospital admission with a diagnosis of asthma attack in the last 5 years.
* Monitoring suspicious focal points for pneumonia on lung radiology.
* Hospitalization due to reasons other than exacerbation despite having a diagnosis of COPD.
* Presence of pulmonary fibrosis or suspicious findings of fibrosis on radiology.
* Systemic fungal infections.
* Having cognitive impairment affecting the decision to participate in the study, such as confusion, orientation disorder, or dementia.
* Patients with lung cancer or metastasis in the lungs.
* Diagnosis of conditions provoking shortness of breath other than COPD exacerbation, such as pneumonia, pneumothorax, heart failure, and pulmonary embolism.
* Presence of a new-onset rhythm disorder or ischemic changes requiring intervention on the EKG, excluding sinus tachycardia and multifocal atrial tachycardia.
* Chronic kidney failure requiring hemodialysis.
* Patients with conditions causing weakness in the lower extremities, such as arthritis, neurological disease, deep vein thrombosis, peripheral artery disease, muscle weakness, fractures, osteoarthritis, etc.
* Having ankylosing spondylitis with a Cobb angle of 10 degrees or more in the radiographic evaluation of the vertebral column.
* Having undergone surgery on the upper extremities, lower extremities, neck, and back.

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