PULMONARY FUNCITON TESTS (PFT) IN JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Abstract

As clinically obvious pulmonary disease and/or abnormal pulmonary function tests are very rare in children with JRA, we report our initial findings of a longitudinal study of pulmonary function tests (PFT) in 13 children with JRA. The age range is 6-16 years with m:f: 8:5

^*A 6 year old child died of respiratory failure secondary to fulminant fibrosis

The abnormal PFT in 53.8% of the patients are not related to age, sex or the type of disease, but appear more frequent with increasing severity of JRA. It is early to comment on the relation to the type of drugs used. Exercise induced bronchospasm is most interesting. In two patients, the PFT did not improve inspite of excellent recovery from JRA.

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