DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i07.014

Pages: 2335-2338

Pulmonary hypertension is a very common disease defined as as a mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) ≥ 25 mm Hg along with a pulmonary artery wedge pressure ≤ 15 mm Hg. This study was conducted to know the role of smoking on pulmonary hypertension. Aims and objective-To study the socidemographic profile of pulmonary hypertension patients taken as study subjects, to study the status of smoking among the study subjects. And to find the correlation between smoking and pulmonary hypertension. Material and method- it is a Prospective Observational study conducted in a tertiary hospital. After obtaining ethical committee clearance patient who are fulfilling the inclusion criteria are selected. The purpose of the study was explained to the patient and informed consent obtained. Data was collected using a pretested study proforma meeting the objectives of the study Pulmonary Hypertension grading was done. Data was analysed using appropriate statistical method. Result- Mean age of patients is 62.9 ± 14.7years and maximum number of patients belongs to age group 61-80 years. Minimum age was 13 year and maximum age was 96 year. Out of 100 patients 51 were Male and 49 were Female.43 % patients were smokers and 57% were nonsmokers. 51% had mild pulmonary hypertension, 23 % had moderate and 26% had severe pulmonary hypertension. It was observed that pulmonary hypertension is common among nonsmokers (57 %), P value is 0.583 which is statistically insignificant. Discussion- Tobacco smoke exposure is common in all PH-classes. Pulmonary diseases are very common in smokers and so is PH. Developement of PH is multifactorial in such patients. However more studies are needed to find the correlation between smoking and pulmonary hypertension.