Publication Date: 2022/08/30
Abstract:
The severity of bronchial asthma is
determined by the frequency, duration and intensity of
asthmatic attacks, activity and symptoms outside attacks
and pulmonary function. Many factors including age,
sex, anthropometric indices and race affect lung function
parameters. Poor asthma control may also affect lung
function indices of asthmatics. However, relatively little
is known about the extent to which asthma duration
affects lung function parameters of asthmatics in our
environment. This aim of this study was to clarify the
relationship between the duration of asthma and lung
function parameters among patients with mild to
moderate bronchial asthma in our setting.
Methods: Patients with asthma were classed into two
groups; Long Duration of Asthma (LDA) with a clinical
course of more than 10 years and Short Duration of
Asthma (SDA) with a clinical course of 10 years or less.
Lung function parameters were carried out according to
the American Thoracic Society guidelines.
Results: The median duration of asthma for all the
subjects was 10 (1-43).There was a statistically
significant difference in the duration of asthma between
the two groups, LDA group median duration of asthma
was 18 (10-43) compared to SDA group of 2.5 (I-I0)
(P
Keywords:
Asthma, Duration, Pulmonary Function Test, Relationship, Patients.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7033653
PDF:
https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT22AUG048_(1).pdf
REFERENCES