scholarly journals Spirometric Screening of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Smokers Presenting to Tertiary Care Centre

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-44
Author(s):  
Hammad Ali Qazi ◽  
Jamil Ahmed Soomro ◽  
Tahira Kalisar Soomro ◽  
Fahmida Akhtar Soomro ◽  
Fahira Rasheed ◽  
...  

Objective: To determine the frequency of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by spirometric screening in smokers presenting to tertiary care center.Design: This Cross sectional study was carried out at the Medical department, Civil Hospital Hyderabad from April 2006 to September 2006. The main outcome variables were frequency of COPD in smokers, presenting symptoms and proportion of COPD severity classification.Results: The mean age of the clients was 39.77±6.30 years. The main symptoms of the study population were 75 (75%) patients have cough, 53 (53%) have sputum and 34 (34%) have dyspnoea. The spirometric results showed 39 (39%) smokers had study diagnosis of COPD with 19 (19%) had mild,12 (12%) had moderate and 8 (8%) smokers had severe obstruction.Conclusion: The prevalence of COPD in smokers using spirometry in our population is high (39%) as compared to international studies. This showed a great need and desire of screening for COPD in target population of smokers in our setting. Although effectiveness of screening in terms of smoking cessations and delay of progression of COPD should be calculated in order to make it national guideline. Key words: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Screening; Smokers.   doi: 10.3329/jom.v10i2.2811 J MEDICINE 2009; 10 : 40-44

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Gage ◽  
Julia Lamb  ◽  
Karen Dahri

Background: In the past decade, the number of inhaled devices approved for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has tripled. Management of at-home inhaled COPD therapy can present a problem when patients are admitted to hospital, because only a limited number of these therapies are currently included in hospital formularies and there is a lack of established interchanges. Objectives: To characterize and evaluate the appropriateness of management of patients’ before-admission inhaled therapy upon hospital admission. Methods: This retrospective chart review involved patients with COPD admitted to a tertiary care centre over a 1-year period (October 2017 to September 2018). Before-admission inhaled therapy was compared with inhalers ordered in hospital and at discharge. Inhaler device type, regimen, therapeutic class, and disease severity were used to assess the appropriateness of inpatient management. Results: The charts of 200 patients were reviewed. Of these patients, 124 (62%) were kept on the same inhaler, 43 (22%) had one or more of their inhalers discontinued, 35 (18%) had to provide their own medication, and 24 (12%) had their medication changed to a formulary equivalent. An average delay of 2.6 (standard deviation 3.2) days occurred when patients provided their own medication. Formulary substitution resulted in most patients receiving a medication from the same class (75% [18/24]); however, other aspects of therapy, such as device type (17% [4/24]), regimen (29% [7/24]) and drug combination (47% [9/19]), were not maintained. Only 55% (6/11) received an equivalent dose of inhaled corticosteroids when the medication was interchanged to a formulary inhaler. Conclusions: The majority of patients’ inhaled therapies continued unchanged upon admission to hospital, which suggests that despite the proliferation of new inhalers on the market, their use is still limited. For patients who did require interchange to formulary inhalers, maintenance of the same regimen, device, and combination product was rare. Provision of the medication supply by patients themselves often resulted in a delay in therapy. RÉSUMÉ Contexte : Au cours des dix dernières années, le nombre de dispositifs d’inhalation approuvés pour gérer la maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique (MPOC) a été multiplié par trois. La gestion de la thérapie à domicile de la MPOC peut présenter un problème lors de l’admission à l’hôpital, car seul un nombre limité de ces thérapies est actuellement inclus dans la pharmacopée des hôpitaux et les tableaux d’équivalence des médicaments font défaut. Objectifs : Au moment de l’admission à l’hôpital, définir et évaluer l’adéquation dentre l’inhalothérapie des patients avant leur admission et celle offert à l’hôpital. Méthodes : Cet examen rétrospectif des dossiers concernait des patients atteints d’une MPOC ayant été admis dans un centre de soins tertiaires sur une période d’un an (d’octobre 2017 à septembre 2018). Il portait sur la comparaison entre l’inhalothérapie avant l’admission et les inhalateurs commandés à l’hôpital et au moment du congé. Le type de dispositif d’inhalation, le régime, la classe thérapeutique et la gravité de la maladie ont servi à évaluer la pertinence de la gestion de l’inhalothérapie des patients hospitalisés. Résultats : L’examen portait sur les dossiers de 200 patients. De ceux-ci, 124 (62 %) ont gardé le même inhalateur; 43 (22 %) ont vu la suppression d’au moins un inhalateur; 35 (18 %) ont dû fournir leurs propres médicaments; et les médicaments de 24 (12 %) d’entre eux ont été remplacés par un équivalent de la pharmacopée. Les investigateurs ont observé un retard moyen de 2,6 jours (écart type 3,2) lorsque les patients fournissaient leurs propres médicaments. La substitution par des médicaments de la pharmacopée a conduit la plupart des patients à en recevoir un de la même classe (75 % [18/24]); cependant, d’autres aspects de la thérapie n’ont pas été maintenus, comme le type de dispositif (17 % [4/24]), le régime (29 % [7/24]) et la combinaison de médicaments (47 % [9/19]). Seuls 55 % (6/11) ont reçu une dose équivalente de corticostéroïdes en inhalation, lors du remplacement du médicament par un inhalateur de la pharmacopée. Conclusions : La majorité des inhalothérapies des patients sont restées inchangées au moment de l’admission à l’hôpital, ce qui laisse entendre que, malgré la prolifération de nouveaux inhalateurs sur le marché, leur utilisation est encore limitée. Pour les patients qui nécessitaient le remplacement par un inhalateur de la pharmacopée, le maintien du même régime, du même dispositif et du même produit de combinaison était rare. L’approvisionnement en médicaments par les patients eux-mêmes entraînait souvent un retard dans la thérapie.  


Background: Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) worsens the respiratory symptoms that are usually triggered by infection with bacteria or viruses or by environmental pollutants. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the bacterial etiology from sputum culture in patients suffering from acute exacerbation of COPD, admitted in hospital. Methods: The study was cross sectional observational, where sputum bacterial cultures were analyzed from the patients with Acute exacerbation COPD treated in the ICU of a tertiary care hospital for pulmonary disease from January 2019 to December 2019. Two sputum samples were collected from each patient for bacterial examination. The results of sputum bacterial culture findings were expressed as frequency and percentage by using SPSS. Results: In the present study, there were 1296 patients, both males 749 (57.8%) and females 547 (42.2%). The mean age of patients was 57.39±19.74years. 470 (36.3%) showed negative culture reports. 440 (34.0%) patients had Moraxella infection, which was most common organism in all patients, and 149 (11.5%) patients had Pseudomonas infection, 157(12.1%) patients had Yeast Albicans and in only 1 (0.1%) patient Enterobacter infection were found. Other pathogens in low frequency identified were Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Haemophilus influenzae. It was observed that the frequency of infections was linked with increasing age. Conclusion: With increasing age, people are prone to acquire pulmonary infections specifically COPD. It is therefore very important to perform sputum culture to identify the causative agents and treat the patients with appropriate antibiotic to reduce the episodes of AECOPD. Keywords: Bacteria; Sputum Culture; COPD; Antibiotic; Cough.


Author(s):  
Kunal K. Tahasildar ◽  
Jagannath S. Shete

Background: Obstructive lung diseases as asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have considerable morbidity and mortality globally. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major public health problem. It is projected to rank fifth in 2020 in burden of disease worldwide, according to the WHO study. Aim and objectives was to evaluate clinical profiles of obstructive lung diseases patients attending tertiary care hospital.Methods: The data was collected from 112 obstructive lung diseases patients presenting to OPD of pulmonary medicine department from January 2009 to August 2010. Research tool comprised of questions about demographic characteristics, past or presenting symptoms, general and systemic examinations. For statistical analysis MS Excel and SPSS 16 were used.Results: Overall 72 (64.28%) were smokers. 63 (56.25%) were suffering from COPD and 49 (43.75%) were asthmatic. Breathlessness was found as most common symptom in 53 (84.12%) COPD and in 45 (91.83%) asthma patients. Among COPD patients, 26 (41.26%) were of moderate obstruction whereas in asthma patients, 17 (34.69%) were of moderate obstruction and 16 (32.65%) were of severe obstruction as per Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT).Conclusions: Males were most commonly affected in obstructive lung diseases. COPD was common after 35 years of age where as asthma occurs mostly before 35 years of age. Smoking was most common etiological factor. Breathlessness was the most common presenting symptom. Family history of asthma was most common risk factor for asthma patients. Most of the patients with both COPD as well as asthma had moderate type of obstructions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
Tara Roka ◽  
Nirmala Aryal ◽  
Anjana Ghimire ◽  
Subhadra Pradhan ◽  
Krishna Kumar Aryal

Background: Psychiatric co-morbidities such as anxiety and depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbate the disease, prolong the hospital stay, increase the disease symptoms and deter the quality of life.Objective: To assess the proportion of anxiety or depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a tertiary care hospital.Methodology: We carried out a cross sectional study interviewing 307 patients from a tertiary care hospital using sequential sampling technique. We used structured questionnaire and included hospital anxiety and depression scale to measure anxiety and depression. We considered a summed score of


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-155
Author(s):  
Naser Ahmed ◽  
Rukhsana Parvin ◽  
Md Abul Kalam Azad

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is usually associated with polycythemia. It is assumed that systemic inflammatory components of COPD can interfere with erythropoietin and can result in anemia of chronic disease which will impair the functional capacity of these patients and also increase morbidity and mortality. Objective: To evaluate anemia status in COPD patients. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in clinically stable 50 COPD patients in the outpatient department of Medicine in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka during the period of July to December 2011. The demographic characteristics, smoking habit, duration of disease, types and severity of anemia, BMI and results of 6-minute walk test were recorded. Results: Out of 50 COPD patients, 76% were male and 24% were female. Among them 32% patients were anemic, 20% were polycythemic and 48% patients had normal hemoglobin. Among the anemic patients with COPD, 87% were male and 13% were female,75% were mildly anemic and 4% moderately anemic, 62.5% had normocytic and 37.5% had microcytic anemia. Conclusion: Anemia in COPD patients is often overlooked and underestimated. Clinicians should be aware of the presence of anemia in patients with COPD so that appropriate treatment could be initiated to improve the quality of life and prognosis DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v4i3.20943 J Enam Med Col 2014; 4(3): 151-155


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