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[Systemic manifestations and comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and their effect on clinical state and course of the disease--an overview of the cohort study COSYCONET].
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20198540     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The integrated project COSYCONET, as part of the competence network ASCONET funded by the BMBF, has the aim to investigate the relationship between the pulmonary disorder, comorbidities and systemic inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by adopting cross-sectional as well as longitudinal analyses. METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH: COSYCONET includes a number of projects addressing the issue of comorbidities at the basic science level. Its core project, however, is the establishment of a cohort of patients with COPD, which is compared with two population-based control cohorts. The COPD cohort will include 3,000 patients, among them 1,500 with severity according to GOLD category I/II and 1,500 with category III/IV. Patients will be recruited in study centers covering all major regions of Germany, and this will be achieved in close cooperation with pneumologists from private practices. After recruitment, patients will be studied upon an initial visit as well as 6 and 18 months later. Each visit includes a comprehensive battery of functional tests and questionnaires that aim at assessing the state of the disease as accurately and completely as feasible, comprising lung function and the individual pattern and risk factors of comorbidities including cardiovascular disorders, metabolic disorders, osteoporosis, exercise capacity, acticity and mental status. In addition blood samples will be taken and asservated in a biobank in order to assess markers of systemic inflammation and aging as well as organ-specific markers. Moreover morphological information on the lung as available from HR-CT pictures that have not been specifically taken for the study will be analysed semi-quantitatively in a central facility and standardised manner.
Authors:
R A Jörres; T Welte; R Bals; A Koch; M Schnoor; C Vogelmeier
Publication Detail:
Type:  English Abstract; Journal Article     Date:  2010-03-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)     Volume:  135     ISSN:  1439-4413     ISO Abbreviation:  Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr.     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-03     Completed Date:  2010-04-02     Revised Date:  2013-05-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0006723     Medline TA:  Dtsch Med Wochenschr     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  ger     Pagination:  446-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart , New York.
Affiliation:
Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin der LMU München. rudolf.joerres@med.uni-muenchen.de
Vernacular Title:
Einfluss systemischer Manifestationen und Komorbiditäten auf den klinischen Zustand und den Verlauf bei COPD. Eine Ubersicht über die Kohortenstudie COSYCONET.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Age Factors
Cause of Death
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Germany
Humans
Image Enhancement
Inflammation Mediators / blood
Life Style
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*,  epidemiology*,  mortality
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Research Design
Respiratory Function Tests
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Inflammation Mediators

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