Introduction:

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the general population at around 1%, and it grows to 8-10% in adults older than 40 years. COPD is the third cause of death worldwide and the fifth cause of disability by 2020.

Objective:

To describe the characteristics of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admitted to the Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial General Hospital of Sancti Spíritus during the period 2019-2022.

Methods:

A descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study was carried out, which included all the patients who were admitted to the Internal Medicine Service. The sample studied was the 746 adult patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, who were attended.

Results:

There was a predominance of the group of 60 years and over in 43.69%, the male sex stood out, representing 56.70%, according to etiology, smoking was the main cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 67.29% of the patients, the degree of air flow obstruction behaved more frequently, the moderate classification represented by almost half of the patients (47.31%), respiratory infection was the most prevalent with 52.68%, followed by 42.22 % of cardiovascular complications and according to the evolution of this disease in the adult patients treated, 51.47% presented an unfavorable evolution.

Conclusions:

Moderate and severe forms of presentation of the disease were evidenced in most cases, with respiratory and cardiovascular complications being preponderant.

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