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A COMPARISON OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN STABLE PATIENTS WITH COPD AND AGE-MATCHED HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS USING MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE

A Rasheeda, S Palani

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This study attempts to study cognitive dysfunc-tion in patients with stable COPD. Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination Questionnaire was used for this purpose. From this study it is evi-dent , that there was borderline cognitive impair-ment in stable COPD patients compared to age, height, weight, BMI and education matched healthy controls. This study highlights the im-portance of using MMSE for assessing cognitive functions, which is inexpensive, non-invasive, and also easy to execute clinically.

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