Clinical-Functional Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Depending on the Parameters of the Red Branch of Blood and the Content of Soluble Transferrin Receptors

A. Kovchun, V. Kmita, L. Prystupa Medical Institute Sumy State University Introduction. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was associated with polycythemia as a result of respiratory failure and regarded as a compensatory response of erythropoiesis to chronic hypoxia for a long time. Recent epidemiological studies have shown that anemia is observed in 17.0-24.0 % of Read More …