A Study on Pulmonary Manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study of Pulmonary Function and Chest Radiographic Abnormalities in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

“…In our present study, no significant relation was found between the duration of disease and respiratory abnormalities (p = >0.05). Similar observations were noted in other published studies, 14,16 except in a study 15 conducted in Kolkata in which increased disease duration is significantly associated with the presence of spirometry abnormalities. In this study, patients with disease duration of more than 10 years had more spirometry abnormalities.…”

“…In the present study, most of the subjects belonged to the fourth and fifth decade of life. Similar observations were noted in studies from India 14,15 and other parts of the world. [16][17][18] In the present study, women outnumbered men.…”

“…In the present study, 23% were using oral steroids, 11% on methotrexate, and 7% on leflunomide. This contrasts with a study 15 done in Kolkata where most of the patients (76.19%) were taking methotrexate. As most of the patients in our study were denovo detected (77%) with RA at the time of presentation, there was a relatively lower incidence of drug history.…”

Cardio-Respiratory Manifestations and Its Correlation with Clinical Disease Activity Index in Rheumatoid Arthritis

“…Al-Assadi et al, reported a mean FVC of 78.55±30.43 [13] and Madhavan et al, reported a mean FVC of 86.3±9.88L and FEV1/FVC was 96.54±13.29% [14]. Banik et al, also found pulmonary findings in Ra to be associated with duration of the disease [15]. The study of Kroot E et al, showed about 27% of patients with at least one chronic coexisting disease [16].…”