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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) |
COPD & CHF07/31/2007 |
Friends mother has been diagnosed for 8 yrs with copd & over the years, type 2 diabetic & a yr ago started taking lisinoprol 12mg. for chf? these are the meds she takes, buprofen 900mg,glyburide 2.5mg,norvasc 2.5mg, omeprazole 20 mg, flovent afa 22 mg, atrovent fha, serevant 50mg, taclonex 60mg & diprolene cream 60mg, since 6/1999 when diagnosed she has been on 24/7 oxygen now @ 4.5 liters, she has swollen fingers & hands & a puffy feet & face, swelling also across shoulders & back & abdomen, sleeps most of the day, house ridden except for dr. visits, what is life expectancy of chf & copd? and how is it expected to progress for her? in this condition.
It sounds like your friends mother is very ill; however, without knowing more details about her heart and lung function, it is really impossible to answer your questions.
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Mahasti Rittinger, RRT Clinical Program Manager Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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Phillip T. Diaz, MD Associate Professor Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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