“…Among the victims of this mortality, a percentage are old people who have some characteristics associated with the onset of COPD, such as nutritional status, and cardiovascular and chronic diseases, such as osteoporosis (7). Depression and diabetes are also collaborators in the onset of the disease that requires medical follow-up since it presents symptoms that are also presented by other diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases (7,8). Thus, it is necessary to make the diagnosis of the patient with suspected obstructive pulmonary disease, through spirometry that evaluates the functions of the lung and the measurement of its volume and capacity, in addition, to flow rates and gas exchange, accompanied by chest X-ray (9).…”