Heat Waves and the Elderly With COPD

Description

The purpose of this study is to investigate thermoregulatory responses in older individuals with COPD.

Conditions

COPD, Aging, Hyperthermia

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Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate thermoregulatory responses in older individuals with COPD.

Heat Waves and the Elderly With COPD: Reducing Thermal and Cardiovascular Consequences

Heat Waves and the Elderly With COPD

Condition
COPD
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Dallas

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75231

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 65 years old or older
  • * Diagnosis of COPD
  • * Known heart disease
  • * Other chronic medical conditions requiring regular medical therapy including cancer, diabetes, uncontrolled hypertension, and uncontrolled hypercholesterolemia etc
  • * Abnormality detected on routine screening suggestive of provokable ischemia or previously undetected cardiac disease or resting left bundle branch block on screening electrocardiogram
  • * Current smokers
  • * Participant with a body mass index ≥31 kg/m2

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,

Study Record Dates

2025-12