Comparison of Patients With COPD and PRISM

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable multisystem lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea, cough, sputum production, and/or exacerbations) due to airway abnormalities, causing persistent and often progressive airflow limitation. PRISm is defined as a spirometry pattern that is not always a stable phenotype but should be considered "sick" because symptoms and/or functional and/or structural abnormalities are present and therefore require care and treatment. Recently, PRISm has been identified as a subtype more prone to developing COPD or experiencing acute exacerbations. In addition to affecting the respiratory muscles, PRISm's effects on respiratory function lead to decreased body oxygen consumption and increased dyspnea. PRISm can also lead to decreased exercise capacity due to the respiratory problems and dyspnea it causes. Although there are not enough studies in the literature investigating exercise capacity and lung functions on behalf of PRISm, no previous study comparing respiratory muscle strength, peripheral muscle strength and oxygenation in PRISm, COPD and healthy individuals has been found.