SPIROMETRIC EVALUATION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS (T2DM)
- Post Graduate, Department of Medicine, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar, India.
- Professor, Department of Medicine, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar, India.
- Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar, India.
- Professor and Head, Department of Chest and TB, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar, India.
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Objective: To study the ventilatory function of individuals with T2DM by performing spirometry and to find its correlation with duration of T2DM and other diabetic microvascular complications. Methods: 100 T2DM patients attending the OPD and indoor of SGRDIMSR, Amritsar were included in the study. Patients with history of smoking, acute or chronic lung disease, any cardiovascular illness or thoracic cage abnormality were excluded from the study. After evaluating the patients for various anthropometric measurements and diabetic microvascular complications, patients were subjected to spirometry and the results were analysed. Results: The overall prevalence of restrictive lung disease in the T2DM population was found to be 82% (males 80.9% and females 82.7%). It was observed that diabetic patients had significantly reduced FVC (1.52 ± 0.70 litres) and FEV1 (1.45 ± 0.65 litres) and increased FEV1/FVC ratio (95.4 ± 1.0) Conclusions: This study observed a significant correlation between T2DM and restrictive pattern of pulmonary function. The decline in pulmonary function also correlated with the duration of diabetes and the severity of other microvascular complications.
[Poonam Panesar, Satya Bhushan Nayyar, Gurinder Mohan, B. C. Sareen (2016); SPIROMETRIC EVALUATION OF PULMONARY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS (T2DM) Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jan). 1451-1458] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
