Evaluation of IL-8 Nasal Lavage Levels and the Effects of Nasal Involvement on Disease Severity in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Published in: Inflammation Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 616 - 622
• Main Authors: Celik, Hacer, Akpinar, Serdar, Karabulut, Hayriye, Oktar, Pinar, Dursun, Berna, Erguden, Huyla Celenk, Gunay, Sibel, Sipit, Tugrul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Female; Humans; Immunology; Inflammation - immunology; Inflammation - pathology; Interleukin-8 - metabolism; Internal Medicine; Male; Middle Aged; Nasal Lavage; Nasal Lavage Fluid - chemistry; Pathology; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - pathology; Quality of Life; Rheumatology; Severity of Illness Index; Smoking - epidemiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; integrated airway theory; nasal lavage; SNOT-20; IL-8; COPD

Interleukin 8 (IL-8) is used to evaluate the severity of inflammation in the airways. The aim of this study was to evaluate patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for the presence of upper respiratory tract involvement by questioning patients regarding nasal symptoms and by measu...