Hiatal Hernia and Pulmonary Function Impairment
| Autor: | Selmonosky Ca, Blanc Js, Randolph C. Byrd |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Respiratory Tract Diseases Vital Capacity Population Gastroenterology Pulmonary function testing Hiatal hernia Forced Expiratory Volume Internal medicine Humans Medicine Elective surgery Reflux esophagitis education Esophagitis Peptic Aged Hernia Diaphragmatic education.field_of_study Lung business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Smoking Forced Expiratory Flow Rates General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Obstructive lung disease Respiratory Function Tests Surgery Hernia Hiatal medicine.anatomical_structure business |
| Zdroj: | Southern Medical Journal. 73:1234-1236 |
| ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00007611-198009000-00019 |
| Popis: | The high incidence of respiratory symptoms in patients with reflux esophagitis reported in the literature supports a cause-effect relationship between esophageal reflux and pulmonary symptoms. Analysis of the results of routine preoperative pulmonary function tests on 90 patients with reflux esophagitis and on 277 patients having nonthoracic elective surgery revealed that although the incidence of obstructive lung disease was high in both groups, it was higher in the general surgical population (51.9%) than in the patients with reflux esophagitis (37.7%). Thus a cause-and-effect relationship cannot be established between reflux esophagitis and obstructive lung impairment. This study indicates that the incidence of significant obstructive lung impairment in the general surgical population is greatly underestimated. |
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