title: [Nutrition management for COPD].
abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory reaction of the lung and of the whole body, and pulmonary cachexia often occurs during the advanced stage. The effects of nutritional support upon the management of under-nutrition in COPD remain controversial. However, a study of the effects of nutritional supplement therapy upon such patients with COPD has recently been published. The present report comprises a review of recent articles about the nutritional support of patients with COPD, especially those with cachexia, and a discussion about the roles of nutritional supplement therapy, focusing on exercise and treatment with ghrelin and vitamin D in the management of COPD.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maekura
mesh_terms: D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D054439:Ghrelin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D044623:Nutrition Therapy; D018529:Nutritional Support; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D054439:Ghrelin; D014807:Vitamin D