[Malnutrition in COPD].
During the last years our knowledge about the malnutrition of patients with COPD has grown. Weight loss is a problem of some patients with COPD, but, as we know today by techniques of body composition measurement much more patients have reduced muscle mass. The reason for this is complex and involves many body systems. Nutritional intervention alone is not successful in many patients. We have to accept that COPD is a kind of systemic disease which does not only involve the lung. Thus, future therapies have to include not only treatment of the bronchial system.
Bargon
J
J
Katharina Kasper Kliniken, St. Elisabethen Krankenhaus Frankfurt/Main. bargon@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Müller
U
U
D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006801:Humans; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology
Malnutrition bei COPD.