Airway hyperreactivity in asymptomatic military personnel
| Autor: | Jana L. Nohrenberg, Sean N. Dooley, Darin S. Schwartz, Michael J. Morris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Spirometry
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Asymptomatic law.invention Military medicine law Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Prevalence Humans Mass Screening Prospective Studies Military Medicine Asthma Subclinical infection Reactive airway disease medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Health Surveys United States Respiratory Function Tests Airway Obstruction Military personnel Military Personnel Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom Bronchial Hyperreactivity business Spirometer |
| Zdroj: | Military medicine. 172(11) |
| ISSN: | 0026-4075 |
| Popis: | Asthma is frequently diagnosed in military personnel despite strict guidelines that disqualify persons with active disease or a recent history of asthma. It is generally considered incompatible with military service, because of the regular physical training, outdoor training exercises, and deployments to remote locations. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of airway hyperreactivity in asymptomatic military personnel, as an estimate of subclinical reactive airway disease.A prospective study of healthy, asymptomatic, military personnel with no previous history of asthma and1 year on active duty status was conducted. After completion of a screening questionnaire, personnel underwent baseline spirometry with a portable spirometer. Personnel with obstructive indices (based on published guidelines) and matched control subjects participated in an exercise test (1.5-mile run), with pre- and postexercise spirometry.A total of 222 asymptomatic military personnel completed baseline spirometry, and 31 (14%) were found have airway obstruction. A normal matched control group of 31 military personnel and 26 personnel with obstruction performed exercise spirometry. Twenty-three percent of the participants with obstruction demonstrated increased airway hyper-reactivity after exercise, based on a reduction in forced expiratory volume at 1 second, compared with 19% of control subjects.Asymptomatic airway obstruction has a prevalence of 14% in young military personnel. A significant percentage of individuals also have evidence of worsening obstruction during exercise. These data suggest that screening spirometry may identify early reactive airway disease in asymptomatic individuals and should be considered as a method to identify persons predisposed to developing symptomatic asthma. |
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