Because aspirin (ASA) is often reported to have an adverse effect on pulmonary function in children with chronic asthma, acetaminophen is commonly used as an ASA substitute in these children. To study acetaminophen effects on pulmonary functions, double-blind, oral challenges of ASA (600 mg), acetaminophen (600 mg), or lactose were administered on separate days to 25 chronic asthmatics, ten boy...

RESULTS. Compared with montelukast, children treated with FP experienced a significantly greater increase in mean percent forced expiratory volume in 1 second, mean morning peak expiratory flow rate, and mean evening peak expiratory flow rate. Children treated with FP also experienced significantly greater reductions in total supplemental albuterol use, mean nighttime albuterol use, and mean ni...

BACKGROUND Most of the studies carried out in India to develop regression equations for spirometry in children are now several years-to-decades old and had used equipment and measurement protocols that have since changed. Prediction equations using the current standardisation protocols for spirometry are not available. The lung health of the population may have changed too. OBJECTIVE To devel...

This study evaluated cardiopulmonary and metabolic responses to maximum exercise and aerobic capacity in hemiplegic patients and clarified the relationship between the resulting data and motor disability. Twenty patients with stroke and fifteen healthy controls were included in the study. Cardiopulmonary and metabolic responses to maximum exercise were investigated with an electronically braked...

BACKGROUND Brick manufacturing industry is one of the oldest and fast-growing industries in India that employs a large section of people. Brick kiln workers are occupationally exposed to air pollutants. Nonetheless, only a few studies have so far been conducted on their respiratory health. OBJECTIVE To investigate the extent of respiratory impairment in brick kiln workers and to correlate it ...

On the assumption that short term changes in lung function may reflect the potential for a long term decline the evolution of lung function indices in 25 steelworkers from a strandcasting department and in 11 comparable steelworkers not exposed to dust was investigated over an almost uninterrupted 21 day working period and over three different workshifts. The mean total dust level in the strand...

An epidemiological survey of 1239 normal subjects without respiratory symptoms was undertaken in an urban locality of New Delhi in 1974. The subjects were divided into males aged under or over 22 and females under or over 17. Various statistical models were calculated to relate peak expiratory flow rate to the age, height, and weight of the subjects in each group. The linear model was simple, c...