Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Raises Dialysis Patient Death Risk

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)is the occurrence of chronic bronchitis or emphysema, a pair of commonly co-existing diseases of the lungs in which the airways become narrowed. This leads to breathing problems. Smoking is one of the commonest causes of COPD. But if a patient starts dialysis, it increases the risk of death and decreases the chance that the patient will receive a