Prevalência do Diagnóstico de DPOC em Pacientes internados com Cardiopatia Isquêmica em um Hospital Universitário no interior do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Background and objectives: the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) appears as a public health problem and has received increasing attention in recent years. We sought to evaluate the proportion of patients who were hospitalized for ischemic heart disease (IHD), had a history of exposure to risk factors and / or had been diagnosed with COPD. Methods: Cross-sectional, observational study prospectively. We selected all patients over 40 years admitted from September 2014 to June 2015, with the diagnosis of IC. Data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 program. Results: The study included 69 patients who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of IC in the years 2014 and 2015. The average age of patients was 65 years and of these, 35 (50.7%) were male. The mean duration of hospitalization of these patients was 3 days. Patients who were diagnosed with COPD and were treated were six (8.69%), and those who had undergone previous spirometry totaled 5 (7.24%). As for respiratory symptoms in patients with IC, 25 patients (64.1%) had cough, sputum or dyspnea. There was a 8.7% of patients reported have been previously diagnosed with COPD. Conclusions: Despite the high prevalence of respiratory symptoms and exposure to risk factors, patients with COPD have more events and increased mortality from ischemic heart disease, our study suggests that there is a high percentage of underdiagnosis of COPD patients hospitalized for ischemic heart disease in our midst. KEYWORDS: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive. Myocardial Ischemia. Risk Factors.