A STUDY ON THE SPIROMETRIC VARIABLES AND THEIR RELATION TO THE EXTENT OF DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIECTASIS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN CENTRAL KERALA

DEEPTHI LALU MATHEW; KUMMANNOOR PARAMESWARAN PILAI VENUGOPAL

Volume : VIII, Issue : X, October - 2018

A STUDY ON THE SPIROMETRIC VARIABLES AND THEIR RELATION TO THE EXTENT OF DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIECTASIS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN CENTRAL KERALA

Deepthi Lalu Mathew, Kummannoor Parameswaran Pilai Venugopal

Abstract :

Background: Bronchiectasisis is often a neglected disease. Aimof this study is to analyse the spirometric variables of patients with onchiectasis and also to assess the effects of extent of disease.

Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of Pulmonary medicine in Government Medical College, Kottayam on patients with HRCT evidence of onchiectasis for a period of 12 months. A total of 70 patients were enrolled. Spirometry was done in these patients and analysed. The extent of disease detected from HRCT scan and sample population was grouped into those with 1–3 lobes involvement and 4–6 lobes involvement.

Results: A total of 70 patients were enrolled with a mean age 53.07 +13.06 years of with 60% females.47% of the study population has restriction, 11 % had obstruction. 33% showed mixed pattern while 11% had normal spiromteric values. 42.8% had FEVR less than 70% which is an objective evidence of airway obstruction.

ConclusionThere is significant association between the FEV1%, FVC% AND MEFV%of predicted with the extent of the disease.