ABSTRACT
Objective:To explore the changes and their clinical significance of plasma d-dimer (D-D) and fibrinogen (Fib) in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) with hypoxemia.Methods:150 patients with AECOPD admitted to our hospital from September 2017 to October 2018 were selected and divided into simple AECOPD group (75 cases) and AECOPD combined with hypoxemia group (75 cases) according to the arterial blood gas analysis results. In addition, 75 healthy people in the same period were selected as the control group. The D-D, Fib and C-reactive protein (CRP) level were detected in venous blood, and the differences and correlation of these indexes among the groups were statistically analyzed.Results:The D-D and Fib of AECOPD combined with hypoxemia group were significantly higher than those of AECOPD group and healthy control group, and the AECOPD group was higher than the healthy control group ( P<0.001). In AECOPD group, the plasma Fib and D-D were positively correlated with CRP ( r=0.617, P<0.001; r=0.300, P=0.009), but not with platelets (PLT) and white blood cell (WBC) ( P>0.05); in AECOPD combined with hypoxemia group, the plasma Fib was positively correlated with CRP, WBC and PLT ( r=0.854, P<0.001; r=0.345, P=0.002; r=0.272, P=0.018), but there was no correlation between D-D and CRP, WBC and PLT ( P>0.05). Conclusions:The plasma level of D-D and Fib increase with the aggravation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They could be considered as potential inflammatory markers for the assessment of inflammation in the progression of COPD.