Peripheral neuropathy with COPD

Evidence-based neurology checklist on peripheral neuropathy with copd: Clinical features Overt neuropathy develops in a third to two-thirds of cases Nerve conduction studies (NCS) are abnormal in more cases It is predominantly an axonal neuropathy Possible pathogenesis Acronym

Clinical features

  • Overt neuropathy develops in a third to two-thirds of cases
  • Nerve conduction studies (NCS) are abnormal in more cases
  • It is predominantly an axonal neuropathy

Possible pathogenesis

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References

  1. Agrawal D, Vohra R, Gupta PP, Sood S. Subclinical peripheral neuropathy in stable middle-aged patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Singapore Med J 2007; 48:887-894.
  2. Jarratt JA, Morgan CN, Twomey JA, et al. Neuropathy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: multicentre electrophysiological and clinical study. Eur Respir J 1992; 5:517-524.
  3. Gupta PP, Agarwal D. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral neuropathy. Lung India 2006; 23:25-33.

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