The aim of the research work is to investigate operability entire 23 pulmonary function parameters, which are stipulated by American Thoracic Society (ATS) and European Respiratory (ERS), design a medical decision support system capable classifying tests into normal, obstructive, restrictive, or mixed cases. respiratory parameters specified ATS ERS guidelines, obtained from Pulmonary Function T...

The workers engaged in storage grain handling are exposed to storage grain dust and suffer from different respiratory symptoms like, cough wheezing, chest tightness, eye and nasal irritations. It has been reported abroad and the present study results noted that the grain handlers have allergic symptoms like redness of eyes, itching, sneezing, skin rash, breathlessness and decrement of pulmonary...

we aimed to evaluate clinical, high resolution computed tomography (hrct) and pulmonary function test (pft) findings after 18-23 years of exposure in veterans of sulphur mustard (sm) exposure. we performed a cross-sectional study of 106 patients. inclusion criteria were 1: documented exposure to sm as confirmed by toxicological analysis of their urine and vesicular fluid after exposure 2: singl...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of pulmonary function abnormalities in clinically asymptomatic children with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and to determine the relationship of these abnormalities to clinical, laboratory, and immunological parameters as well as to disease activity. METHODS Forty-two children with childhood onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus wer...

The present study aims to examine the effects of different body positions on pulmonary functions in adolescent football players. Twenty-three healthy male players who did not have any diseases and smoke participated voluntarily. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) were determined by using a spirometer. Measurements performed sitting, standing supine determine effect functions. One-way analysis varia...

BACKGROUND The increase in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) effected by a bronchodilator is routinely assessed when patients undertake pulmonary function testing (PFT). Several drug classes can theoretically affect the magnitude of the increase in FEV1. Withholding periods are advised for many but not all such drugs. Anecdotally, many subjects presenting for PFT are found to have t...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) and Asthma Control Test (ACT) in patients with poor asthma control. Children between 7-17 years of age with diagnosis of persistent asthma who are not on daily inhaler corticosteroid therapy were involved. At enrollment, sociodemographic and asthmatic characteristics were investi...

BACKGROUND A large number of patients in our country develop goiters which seem to be apparently asymptomatic. Conventional radiography does not address the abnormal air flow dynamics. Flow volume loop studies have shown characteristic dampening of both inspiratory and expiratory curves. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) can provide a simple noninvasive method of assessing airway compromise. AIM...

Computational techniques for parenchymal characterization using CT have demonstrated significant research potential [1, 2]. We describe similar quantitative analysis of the lung using hyperpolarized helium-3 MR ventilation image data. This study consisted of a total of 55 subjects (47 asthmatics and 8 non-asthmatics). Each subject was imaged both before and after respiratory challenge. Addition...