Spirometric Screening of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Smokers Presenting to Tertiary Care Centre

Authors

  • Hammad Ali Qazi RTMC, CPSP, Karachi
  • Jamil Ahmed Soomro RTMC, CPSP, Karachi
  • Tahira Kalisar Soomro RTMC, CPSP, Karachi
  • Fahmida Akhtar Soomro Lady Dufferin Hospital Karachi
  • Fahira Rasheed RTMC, CPSP, Karachi
  • Anjum Hashmi RTMC, CPSP, Karachi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v10i2.2811

Keywords:

hronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Screening, Smokers.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by spirometric screening in smokers presenting to tertiary care center.
Design: This Cross sectional study was carried out at the Medical department, Civil Hospital Hyderabad from April 2006 to September 2006. The main outcome variables were frequency of COPD in smokers, presenting symptoms and proportion of COPD severity classification.
Results: The mean age of the clients was 39.77±6.30 years. The main symptoms of the study population were 75 (75%) patients have cough, 53 (53%) have sputum and 34 (34%) have dyspnoea. The spirometric results showed 39 (39%) smokers had study diagnosis of COPD with 19 (19%) had mild,12 (12%) had moderate and 8 (8%) smokers had severe obstruction.
Conclusion: The prevalence of COPD in smokers using spirometry in our population is high (39%) as compared to international studies. This showed a great need and desire of screening for COPD in target population of smokers in our setting. Although effectiveness of screening in terms of smoking cessations and delay of progression of COPD should be calculated in order to make it national guideline.

Key words: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Screening; Smokers.  

doi: 10.3329/jom.v10i2.2811

J MEDICINE 2009; 10 : 40-44

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Author Biography

Hammad Ali Qazi, RTMC, CPSP, Karachi

Senior Research Analyst, RTMC Department, CPSP, Karachi, Pakistan

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Qazi, H. A., Soomro, J. A., Soomro, T. K., Soomro, F. A., Rasheed, F., & Hashmi, A. (2009). Spirometric Screening of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Smokers Presenting to Tertiary Care Centre. Journal of Medicine, 10(2), 40–44. https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v10i2.2811

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2009)

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