Assessment of Acute Bronchodilator Response in Participants With or Without Airway Obstruction in a Tertiary Care Hospital of West Bengal

  • Joyashree Banerjee Department of Physiology, R. G. Kar Medical College, Midnapur, West Bengal, India
  • Ashmita Sengupta Department of Physiology, R. G. Kar Medical College, Midnapur, West Bengal, India
  • Aloke Kumar Sinhababu Department of Pediatric Surgery, IPGMER, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Anilbaran Singhamahapatra Department of Physiology, R. G. Kar Medical College, West Bengal, India
  • Pranab Kumar Dey Department of Pediatrics, Midnapur Medical College, Midnapur, West Bengal, India
Keywords: Allergic rhinitis, Asthma, Bronchodilator response, Chronic cough, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Spirometry

Abstract

Background and Aim: Acute bronchodilator response (BDR) during spirometry is very common in clinical studies. The response varies in different groups of participants. The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of BDR in participants with or without airway obstruction. Methods: A retrospective analytical study of the spirometry results was undertaken. The spirometric values were analyzed for the present study. Among them, 1024 test results were included in our study. The values were estimated by an electronic spirometer, model‑RMS Helios‑702 in the Department of Physiology, R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata on 3200 participants. Results: Acute BDR was higher in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) participants (45.4%) compared to other participants. Reversibility test was positive in 41.2% of asthma, 31% of allergic rhinitis, 32% of chronic cough, and 13.6% in apparently healthy participants. Conclusion: A good percentage of positive BDR is found not only in COPD and asthma but also in allergic rhinitis, chronic cough, apparently healthy participants which indicate its wider utility.

Published
2017-04-30
How to Cite
Banerjee, J., Sengupta, A., Sinhababu, A. K., Singhamahapatra, A., & Dey, P. K. (2017). Assessment of Acute Bronchodilator Response in Participants With or Without Airway Obstruction in a Tertiary Care Hospital of West Bengal. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Physiology, 4(2), 92-96. Retrieved from https://ijcep.org/index.php/ijcep/article/view/189