Open AccessBody plethysmography in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Yogesh Gupta,
Swati Shah,
Chaya K Ahire,
Prathamesh Kamble,
Anupam S. Khare,
Saurabh More
Publication year - 2018
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/lungindia.lungindia_238_17
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , spirometry , plethysmograph , obstructive lung disease , pulmonary function testing , univariate analysis , restrictive lung disease , cross sectional study , lung volumes , physical therapy , cardiology , lung , multivariate analysis , pathology , asthma
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth most common cause of death in the world, for which smoking is a common cause. It is preferable to diagnose COPD at an earlier stage and to assess its progression so that mortality and morbidity of the disease could be reduced. Hence, we conducted this study to assess parameters of body plethysmography in Indian population where the data are lacking and to assess whether the use of body plethysmography can detect COPD earlier.