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Volume 13 Issue 7 (July) 2024

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Clinico-radiological Profile of Patients with Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease (DPLD) attending a Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern India – An Epidemiological Study
Dr. Santanu Ghosh, Dr. Aritra Mahapatra, Dr. Pronoy Sen, Dr. Anirban Das

Background: DPLD is a heterogeneous group of acute and chronic bilateral lung diseases of known and unknown causes. Studies on the epidemiology of DPLD are few in West Bengal, especially in areas outside Kolkata. This study was undertaken in a district Medical College in West Bengal. The aim of this study was to find out the distribution pattern of DPLD across socio-demographic and clinico-radiological variables. Methods: This was across-sectional descriptive study of consecutive diagnosed DPLD patients (>18 years) in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine of Burdwan Medical College, conducted over one year. Result: Among a total of 58 patients, the majority of the patients were female (72%), non-smoker (all female) and 63% belong to the age group 40-60 years. Majority of patients were from rural area (82%), belonging to lower and lower middle class (65.5%) (Updated BG Prasad Scale). Cough (100%) was the most common symptom, followed by breathlessness (98%). Most common comorbidity was hypertension (26%) followed by diabetes mellitus (20%). Common CT patterns were UIP (67%), NSIP (21%), Nodular (12%). Fifty-four percent patients showed positive connective tissue disease markers. Conclusion: Middle-aged, rural, non-smoker females were the predominant groups of DPLD patients in this study. The commonest pattern is UIP, probably due to CTD-DPLD.

 
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