40A STUDY OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CO MORBID DISEASE AND RESPIRATORY INFECTIONSThe aim of this study is to evaluate the association between co morbid disease and respiratory pathogen in patient with respiratory tract infections in a tertiary care teaching hospital and to assess the management pattern of respiratory tract infections. A prospective observational study was conducted in the different departments of karuna medical college and hospital, a tertiary care teaching hospital, Chittur, Palakkad.170 Patients were enrolled in the study.59.42% were for male patients and 40.58%were for female patients. Categorisation of patients based on age, 25.29%were given for the patient’s between18-40 years of age, 46.47% were given for the patients between 41-60 years of age and 28.24% were given for the patient between 61-80 years of age. Among 170 RTIs patients enrolled in the study, 20.58% were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, 7.05% with hypertension, 2.94% with ischemic heart diseases and 1.76%with rheumatoid arthritis. Among 35 Diabetes Mellitus patients ,22.85%patients with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and 77.15%patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections. 85.29% of patients were treated empirically and 14.71% were treated with targeted therapy. In this study reported a higher risk of lower respiratory tract infection in patients with diabetes.dhanya211988 @gmail.comResearch412014Patients,Diabetes,Hypertension,PalakkadDhanya CS, Sajeeth CI,Deepthi GovindankuttyDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Grace College of Pharmacy, Kerala, India.,Head of the Department, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Grace College of Pharmacy, Kerala, India.,Department of Pharmacy Practice, Grace College of Pharmacy, Kerala, India.