Plasma Fibrinogen in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - A Cross Sectional Study Conducted in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Puducherry, India

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a systemic disorder rather than a respiratory disease. A significant complication that COPD can lead to a hypercoagulable state, which can lead to life-threatening diseases like Ischemic heart disease, deep vein thrombosis and Pulmonary embolism. Therefore, Fibrinogen is a useful biomarker to predict the risk of such hypercoagulable state in COPD patients. Objectives: The study was aimed to measure the fibrinogen levels in COPD patients, to correlate the fibrinogen levels with severity of airway obstruction based on spirometry and also to compare Original Research Article