Pulmonary complications in diabetes mellitus.
Clear decrements in lung function have been reported in patients with diabetes over the past two decades, and many reports have suggested plausible pathophysiological mechanisms. However, there are no reports of functional limitations of activities of daily living ascribable to pulmonary disease in patients with diabetes. This review attempts to summarize the available information from the present literature, to describe the nature of the lung dysfunction in diabetes and the emerging clinical implications of such dysfunction.
Division of Pneumonology, Internal Medicine Department, Medical School of Patras, Regional University Hospital, Patras, Greece.
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Kaparianos
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Argyropoulou
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Sampsonas
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Karkoulias
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Tsiamita
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Spiropoulos
D000818:Animals; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000503:physiopathology; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012119:Respiration; D013147:Spirometry; D014797:Vital Capacity