Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic

Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic

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, bronc...

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Main Authors: Dasgupta Angira, Bagchi Anirban, Nag Saikat, Bardhan Sujan, Bhattacharyya Parthasarathi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2008-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
OPD Statistics
COPD
Asthma
Cough
Undiagnosed etiology
Hemoptysis
ILD.
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2008;volume=25;issue=1;spage=4;epage=7;aulast=Dasgupta
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spelling doaj-b0e3efb96e304cc8859b391d4b9ec4972020-11-24T22:22:31ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsLung India0970-21130974-598X2008-01-0125147Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinicDasgupta AngiraBagchi AnirbanNag SaikatBardhan SujanBhattacharyya ParthasarathiAnalysis 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%). http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2008;volume=25;issue=1;spage=4;epage=7;aulast=DasguptaOPD StatisticsCOPDAsthmaCoughUndiagnosed etiologyHemoptysisILD.
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author Dasgupta Angira
Bagchi Anirban
Nag Saikat
Bardhan Sujan
Bhattacharyya Parthasarathi
spellingShingle Dasgupta Angira
Bagchi Anirban
Nag Saikat
Bardhan Sujan
Bhattacharyya Parthasarathi
Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic
Lung India
OPD Statistics
COPD
Asthma
Cough
Undiagnosed etiology
Hemoptysis
ILD.
author_facet Dasgupta Angira
Bagchi Anirban
Nag Saikat
Bardhan Sujan
Bhattacharyya Parthasarathi
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title Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic
title_short Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic
title_full Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic
title_fullStr Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic
title_full_unstemmed Profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic
title_sort profile of respiratory problems in patients presenting to a referral pulmonary clinic
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Lung India
issn 0970-2113
0974-598X
publishDate 2008-01-01
description 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%).
topic OPD Statistics
COPD
Asthma
Cough
Undiagnosed etiology
Hemoptysis
ILD.
url http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2008;volume=25;issue=1;spage=4;epage=7;aulast=Dasgupta
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