[Pulmonary function in rheumatoid arthritis in a Tunisian population]. / La fonction respiratioire dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde chez une population tunisienne.
Tunis Med
; 91(4): 248-53, 2013 Apr.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23673703
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The rheumatoid polyarthritis (PR) is a frequent pathology in Tunisia. The most frequent extra articular expression of this disease is in the respiratory tract.AIM:
To determine the lung functional profile of PR of the Tunisian population by establishing possible relations between ventilatory variables and clinico-biological parameters of PR.METHODS:
It is a cross sectional study which concerned 87 patients (77 women) having a confirmed PR. They benefited from a measure of the lung function by a total physical Pléthysmography and by the technique of double transfer NO-CO. Clinical and biological checkup were realized.RESULTS:
Three kinds of pulmonary function defects were found obstructive ventilatory defect (13%), restrictive defect (7%) and mixed defect (1%). Ventilatory flows and the lung volumes correlated negatively with the inflammatory syndrome (p<0.05). Alveolar-capillary diffusion capacity (DLco) was altered in an isolated way or associated with the respiratory functional syndromes (obstructive and restrictive) (6%). This abnormality had a vascular origin with an isolated fall of the lung capillary volume (Vc), a membrane origin with an isolated fall of the diffusion membrane (DM) or a combined origin with the decline of Vc and DM. This latter case was found at a late stage of PR. 58% of PR patients had a normal pulmonary function.CONCLUSION:
All these functional findings were linked to PR itself (inflammatory and auto-immune origin) or to the lung toxicity due to the treatment by Methotrexate (alveolar and bronchial damage).
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Artrite Reumatoide
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Capacidade de Difusão Pulmonar
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Pulmão
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Fr
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article