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... “PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST ANALYSIS IN SMOKERS” under my guidance and supervision in partial fulfillment of the regulations laid down by the Tamilnadu ... See full document

... This study was designed to assess the relationship be- tween adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and pulmonary function. We inferred the characteristics of scoliosis based on the impairment of different ... See full document

... lung function tests in 120 healthy sedentary employees in the age group of 30-40 yrs, who worked in the air – conditioned environment of a private motor vehicle show ... See full document

... in pulmonary function indices directly proportional to the percent of each index in the baseline PFT was apparent over a 10-yr observation ...our analysis (percentage of each PFT index), we managed ... See full document

... Coughing and sputum production are clinical manifestations of chronic bronchitis. At pathologic examination, hypertrophy of the bronchial wall mucous glands is seen in association with chronic inflammation and fibrous ... See full document

... Emphysema is defined as a permanent enlarge- ment of air spaces distal to terminal bronchioles accompanied by the destruction of alveolar walls. Emphysema can be centrilobular, panlobular, paraseptal, and bullous. Such ... See full document

... non-parametric analysis of variance (ANOVA) was followed by Dunn’s test for multiple com- ...Tukey-Kramer test for multiple comparisons. Fischer’s exact test or the Mann-Whitney test ... See full document

... Pradesh. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) were performed with computerized ...in smokers groups between control and traffic policemen because smoking itself affects lung ... See full document

... of pulmonary function tests and imaging studies were not consistently available for ...lung function and those with and without evidence of interstitial fibrosis on imaging may have proved ...FISH ... See full document

... In present study, there was a tendency for all parameters to fall with longer duration of diabetes. However, statistical analysis showed that this was not significant except for FVC predicted %. Diabetics with ... See full document

... lung function values than the comparable NHANES III ...regression analysis using ...The analysis of FEV1 as well as FVC validates that the variables such as height, age, smoking history and race that ... See full document

... sixty-one smokers with a cumulative consumption history of at least 10 pack-years, either smokers with symptoms or smokers without symptoms (WOS) were invited to perform a spirometry and complete a ... See full document

... Methods: Cross sectional study was done on 30 males with age25 -50 years and Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥25 and 30 males age 25-50 years and BMI ˂25 in the Department of Physiology Medical College, Baroda. After thorough ... See full document

... lung function has been proved in many studies. cigarette smokers show high annual rate of decline in FEV1 of about 50 ml, this is nearly double the average value of 30 ml annually present in ... See full document

... Meta- analysis by van den Borst, et ...impaired pulmonary function in a restrictive ...decreased pulmonary diffusing capacity in patients with diabetes with perfusion defect on ventilation ... See full document

... of pulmonary tuberculosis sequelae on functional status observed that patients with CAT II ATT had lower values of FEV1 %, FVC% and ...walk test was ... See full document

... Smokers drink more alcohol, coffee and tea than non smokers, Menopause comes earlier in smoking women. Smokers have impaired exercise performance, impaired immune system compared to nonsmokers. They ... See full document

... groups, normal and impaired (obstructive, restrictive, and combine). The results of spirometry examination showed 0.2% respondent had obstructive lung disease, 8.3% had restrictive lung disease, and 0.3%. Table 2 showed ... See full document

... Materials and Methods: This study was conducted among normal healthy school children of kannur aged 7 to 15 years . With preformed questionnaire children were interviewed, children with previous history of asthma and ... See full document

... The incidence of COPD has been linked to the prevalence of smoking in the population as this is the most important etiological factor. In a prospective study involving 40,000 medical practitioners in Britain, it was ... See full document