Peculiarities of pancreatic dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract

A clear tendency of pancreatic hyposecretion was found in COPD patients. It depended on the severity of bronchial obstruction and clinical severity of the disease and was associated with a high frequency of moderately elevated blood glucose in the third of respondents. Therefore, common pathogenic aspects of pancreatic dysfunctions and COPD, screening of pancreatic secretion is appropriate even in patients with mild disease for early correction of identified disorders and prevention of insulin resistance and pancreatic diabetic diabetes development.