Dynamics of Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension on the Background of COPD combined with Hypertension under the Influence of Treatment
Authors:   Zaporizhzhya Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education of Health Ministry of Ukraine. 20, Vinter Boulevard, Zaporizhia 69041, Ukraine, Nikolaieva K. L. 
Published: December 2020

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease significantly affects the quality of life, considerably limiting the physical capabilities of patients and is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in modern society. Currently, the problem of the comorbidity for the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is very relevant. The most common in patients of this category is hypertension. Today, it has been established that disorders in the immune system are detected in a very large group of diseases, including both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the dynamics of inflammatory markers in the patients with pulmonary hypertension on the background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in combination with hypertension under the influence of treatment. Material and methods. The results of the study are based on data from a comprehensive survey of 170 patients aged 40 to 65 years with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, of which 123 had pulmonary hypertension (of which 87 had stage II hypertension and 36 were without hypertension) and 47 people were without pulmonary hypertension. The patients were chosen in the period from 2015 to 2018 on the basis of the municipal institution "Zaporizhzhia regional clinical hospital" of the Zaporizhzhia regional council. Results and discussion. The results of this study indicate the role of inflammation, or rather the levels of hs-CRP and IL-6, in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The level of hs-CRP among the patients with pulmonary hypertension on a background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease made up 10.46 [6,24 ; 15,30] mg/l and was significantly higher as against the values in the group of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease without pulmonary hypertension and compared with group of healthy persons. The increase in the level of IL-6 in the group of patients having pulmonary hypertension with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is significantly higher by 57 % compared to the value in the group of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease without pulmonary hypertension and by 7.4 times the value in the group of healthy individuals (p <0.05). Comparing the subgroups of patients, and depending on the variant of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the level of hs-CRP and IL-6 was considerably higher in the subgroup with the infectious type of exacerbation compared with the subgroup of the non-infectious type of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Conclusion. After 12 months of treatment, when roflumilast was added to the basic therapy, we revealed a statistically significant difference in the levels of IL-6, hs-CRP and IL-10 in the plasma of patients with pulmonary hypertension on the background of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with hypertension