ABSTRACT
A difficulty in the timely diagnosis of obstructive lung disease is a problem of modern medicine. The disease gradually develops through the years and manifests when bronchopulmonary system cannot be restored. The paper presents a method of early diagnosis of obstructive lung disease, assesses various procedures, and characterizes their informative value. There is evidence that the significance of routine functional tests increases with the progression of the disease. The simplicity of these tests and their assessment will assist a general practitioner to establish the diagnosis in time.
Subject(s)
Mass Screening/methods , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Forced Expiratory Volume , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/therapy , SpirometrySubject(s)
Cardiomegaly/diagnosis , Coronary Disease/etiology , Hypertension/complications , Smoking/adverse effects , Students, Medical , Tachycardia/diagnosis , Adolescent , Cardiomegaly/epidemiology , Cardiomegaly/etiology , Female , Humans , Hypertension/epidemiology , Male , Prevalence , Risk Factors , Smoking/epidemiology , Tachycardia/epidemiology , Tachycardia/etiology , Uzbekistan/epidemiologySubject(s)
Arteriosclerosis/etiology , Hyperlipoproteinemias/complications , Hypertension/complications , Lipoproteins, LDL/blood , Obesity/complications , Smoking/adverse effects , Students , Adolescent , Adult , Arteriosclerosis/blood , Female , Humans , Hyperlipoproteinemias/blood , Hyperlipoproteinemias/diagnosis , Hypertension/blood , Male , Moscow , Obesity/blood , Risk Factors , Siberia , Smoking/blood , Ukraine , UzbekistanABSTRACT
Altogether 3063 students learning at 3 higher educational establishments of Tashkent (the medical institute, polytechnical institute, and university) were examined for the prevalence of the main risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD). The low physical activity turned out to be the most prevalent risk factor (RF). It was discovered in 71.3% of the examined (in 70.4% of the youths and 72.2% of the girls). As regards the prevalence, tobacco smoking ranked second (it was recorded in 17.7% of the examined). It was mainly identified among the youths. Meanwhile among the girls, tobacco smokers only constituted 7.2%. The overweight was established in 8.4% of the examined. In the girls, it was encountered more frequently than in the youths (in 11.1 and 6.2%, respectively). 6.7% of the examined had high arterial pressure: in 8.6% of the youths and in 4.5% of the girls. Dyslipoproteinemia was discovered in 6.5% of the examined: in 4.2% of the youths and in 2.3% of the girls. As far as the girls are concerned, they usually manifested one risk factor for CHD whereas the youths the combination of the two or three risk factors.
