Study of Smokers Lungs Diseases Using CT

Abstract

The main aim of the research to study smokers lungs diseases using CT. The problem of this research is that there is wide spread of lung disease among smokers and most of diagnostic tools not effective in diagnosis of this disease. The importance of this research is that using CT in smokers patients will help in diagnosis and calculate the direct effect of smoking on the lungs. The CT protocol used is HRCT which use a narrow beam collimation to take thin slices images of the lung parenchyma of the patient. Data was collected and analyzed by Excel and SPSS software. The number of patients included in the study was (100) patients. The most affected age groups were in the fifth and sixth decades of age, constituting the majority representing (53%). The result of the study showed that the majority of the patients were presented with respiratory infection (97%), and all patients were presented with dyspnea and chest pain. HRCT showed 37% of patients were had chronic bronchitis, while emphysema, emphysema plus chronic bronchitis and lung cancer represent (32%, 19% and 12%) respectively. This study showed that patients with smoking duration about (15-24) years, represent 49% of all cases had chronic bronchitis, emphysema, emphysema plus chronic bronchitis and lung cancer, this represent percentage (16%, 51%, 26%,and 6% ) respectively. This study recommended that health care systems should raise the medical awareness about the risks of smoking, methods of cessation and the health effect issues to all Sudanese population generally and smokers specially.