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Small Airway Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis* #MMPMID1306077
Lee JH; Suh GY; Lee KY; Yoo CG; Kim YW; Han SK; Shim YS; Kim KY; Han YC; Lee SD
Korean J Intern Med 1992[Jul]; 7 (2): 87-93 PMID1306077show ga
Variety of pulmonary lesions are thought to be associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These lesions traditionally have included pleurisy with or without effusion, Caplan?s syndrome, pulmonary rheumatoid nodules, diffuse interstitial fibrosis, and pulmonary arteritis and hypertension. But little attention has been paid to the airways in RA. Recently, several repots have suggested an association between airflow limitation and RA, but its incidence is not known. Also whether there exists a parameter of disease activity of RA, suggesting the presence of small airway disease (SAD) is not clear.To answer these questions, the serologic parameters which reflect the disease activity of RA and pulmonary function tests which reflect small airway dysfunction were performed on 36 lifetime nonsmokers with RA who had normal chest x-ray findings. The prevalence of SAD and the relationships between the disease activity parameters of RA and pulmonary function were observed.The results were as follows. The percentages of patients with abnormal values for diffusing capacity, frequency dependence of compliance (C1.0/C0.0), forced expiratory flow25?75%, Vmax50% and Vmax75% were 45.5%, 62.5%, 40%, 22.8% and 11.4%, respectively. There was statistically significant negative correlation between C1.0/C0.0 and ESR. But consistent correlation between other pulmonary function tests and clinical and serologic parameters of RA, and differences in pulmonary function between patients who were serologically positive and negative for CRP and FANA, were not found.In conclusion, SAD, without the influence of smoking, is frequently associated with RA, but, the presence of SAD cannot be predicted from any clinical and seologic parameters of RA currently in use.