Open AccessOccurrence of COPD in Patients with Respiratory Allergy: A Clinico-Spirometric Evaluation in a Tertiary Hospital Kolkata
Author(s) -
Sujoy Mukherjee,
Goutam Banerjee,
Debajyoti Das,
Anil Baran Singha Mahapatra
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25643.9841
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , spirometry , exacerbation , wheeze , asthma , allergy , respiratory system , population , immunology , environmental health
Smoking is established as the most important causative factor responsible for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Occurrence of allergy in COPD patients causes acute exacerbation of this disease, but role of allergy is not established in aetiopathogenesis of COPD.