A study of Clinical Profile of Bronchial Asthma in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Uttarakhand

Dr Makrand Singh; Dr Anamika Yadav

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

A study of Clinical Profile of Bronchial Asthma in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Uttarakhand

Dr Makrand Singh, Dr Anamika Yadav

Abstract :

There is paucity of studies and limitations of information available on the clinical profile of asthma patients in Kumaun region of Uttarakhand. . Aims and objectives: To study clinical profile of asthmatic patients presented in medicine OPD of GMC Haldwani. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective study to ascertain clinical profile of asthmatic patients of adult age group. We studied 335 cases of onchial asthma presented in medicine OPD of GMC Haldwani from July 2014 to july 2017 Patients received clinical diagnosis of asthma by detailedhistory, examination and spirometry of stable cases. Detailed demographic and clinical data were collected at time of presentation. Results–we found that asthma is more prevalent in males (M=64%),non–smokers [69%]and young to middle age group[80%]. Conclusion: In our study we found significant differences in clinical presentation of asthma in different age groups ,gender wise ,environmental wise and with different risk/triggering factors.