ArticleAIDS patient care and STDs2015
Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in an Urban HIV Clinic: A Pilot Study.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in People with HIV: an Evidence-Based Review.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- An Applicable Framework for Understanding Successful Aging of People Living with HIV and Comorbid Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Nursing (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- COPD in People with HIV: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Management, and Prevention Strategies.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Review
- Diagnosis and Management of HIV-Associated Pulmonary Diseases in a Ryan White-Funded Primary Care Setting.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2021Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of screening tools for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care: Rapid evidence synthesis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in HIV.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2021Review
- Lung function in men with and without HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2020Observational
- Associations between baseline biomarkers and lung function in HIV-positive individuals.AIDS (London, England) · 2019Article
- Prevalence and predictors of airflow obstruction in an HIV tertiary care clinic in Montreal, Canada: a cross-sectional study.HIV medicine · 2019Article
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- Maintaining lung health with longstanding HIV.Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2016Review
- Pathogenesis and management of emphysema in people with HIV.Expert review of respiratory medicineReview
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Abstract
Increased smoking and a detrimental response to tobacco smoke in the lungs of HIV/AIDS patients result in an increased risk for COPD. We aimed to determine the predictive value of a COPD screening strategy validated in the general population and to identify HIV-related factors associated with decreased lung function. Subjects at least 35 years of age at an HIV clinic in New York City completed a COPD screening questionnaire and peak flow measurement. Those with abnormal results and a random one-third of normal screens had spirometry. 235 individuals were included and 89 completed spirometry. Eleven (12%) had undiagnosed airway obstruction and 5 had COPD. A combination of a positive questionnaire and abnormal peak flow yielded a sensitivity of 20% (specificity 93%) for detection of COPD. Peak flow alone had a sensitivity of 80% (specificity 80%). Abnormal peak flow was associated with an AIDS diagnosis (p=0.04), lower nadir (p=0.001), and current CD4 counts (p=0.001). Nadir CD4 remained associated in multivariate analysis (p=0.05). Decreased FEV1 (<80% predicted) was associated with lower CD4 count nadir (p=0.04) and detectable current HIV viral load (p=0.01) in multivariate analysis. Questionnaire and peak flow together had low sensitivity, but abnormal peak flow shows potential as a screening tool for COPD in HIV/AIDS. These data suggest that lung function may be influenced by HIV-related factors.
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