Open AccessProfile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic
Author(s) -
Angira Dasgupta,
Anirban Bagchi,
Nag S,
Sujan Bardhan,
Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.44129
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , copd , referral , asthma , respiratory system , chronic cough , bronchogenic carcinoma , airway , tuberculosis , lung , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , pathology , surgery , family medicine
Analysis of OPD data of 2012 patients in a referral pulmonary clinic at Kolkata was done following a protocol-based approach. Obstructive airway diseases (COPD and asthma) were the most common (43%) problem followed by infective lung diseases (15%) including tuberculosis, bronchogenic carcinoma (8%), ILD (4%), haemopty-sis of undiagnosed etiology (4.5%), chronic cough of undiagnosed etiology (6.5%) and pleural diseases (4.6%). Other diseases like obstructive sleep apnoea, sarcoid-osis, systemic diseases with lung involvements etc., and non respiratory problems formed the rest (14.4%).