A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PULMONARY EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES IN FEMALES WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

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  • Gowdhaman N*

Abstract

The current study was focused to find out the relation of pulmonary expiratory flow rates in female with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA).The study was carried on 100 females with RA in the age group 20-60 years, who fulfill the Revised American Rheumatism Association Criteria (1988). Patients with respiratory illness, smoking habits, treated with methotrexate were excluded from this study. Patients were well examined for height, weight, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure. These patients were assessed for pulmonary function - forced expiratory flow rates in “SPIROLAB IIâ€. The results showed that there was negative correlation between duration of disease and the percentage of forced expiratory flow rates. From the study it was concluded that the incidence of pulmonary dysfunction (both obstructive and restrictive pattern) in female patients with RA and it must be pertinent to do Pulmonary Function Test to detect and monitor changes in lung function in subjects with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

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2014-02-23

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Vol. 1 No. 7 (2011): JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION

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