A Prospective Study to Determine the Different Predisposing Factors And Treatment Modalities Opted By Asthma Patients: An Institutional Based Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Asthma is characterized by hyper responsiveness of the lower respiratory tract. There is presence of characteristic signs and symptoms like tightness of chest, cough and wheezing. The present study was aimed to investigate the various predisposing factors and most commonly opted treatment options by asthma patients. Materials and Methods: The present prospective hospital based study involved 90 patients reporting to the Department of General Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal (India). The study was conducted from April 2016 to March 2017. A complete history along with detailed clinical examination of all the patients was performed. All the patients were given subcutaneous injection of 1 mg of terbutaline and after that PEFR was recorded. PEFR was recorded twice, once before and once 20 minutes after injection. A 20% increase in PEFR along with history and examination were taken as the criteria for the diagnosis of asthma. All the data was arranged in a tabulated form and analysed using SPSS software. Results: A total of 90 subjects were enrolled aged between 15 to 60 years with the mean age of male being 47.47+-14.91 years and females being 36.17 +- 10.15 years. In this study, before admission, for the treatment of acute exacerbation of asthmatic attack, 66 patients used oral, 20 used injectables and 7 patients used inhalers. There were 4 patients who did not opt for any treatment. There were 74.2% subjects who used oral and 55% patients who used injectables regularly while 13(19.6%) patients used oral and 5(25%) use injectables irregularly. There was a highly significant relation between congested locality, overcrowding, kitchen smoke, humidity and initiation of asthmatic attack. Conclusion: Breathlessness is the most commonly seen symptom that mostly all the patients present with. Humidity, overcrowding and kitchen smoke are few of the risk factors that can trigger an attack of asthma.
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Sudipto Roy, Ujjal Kr. Chakravarty
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2017.3.5.010
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