Partial effective times of the forced expiratory spirogram in health and mild airways obstruction
| Autor: | S Charalampakis, J Jordanoglou, C Hadjistavrou, G Tatsis, M Veslemes |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Spirometry Chronic bronchitis Vital Capacity Early detection FEV1/FVC ratio Forced Expiratory Volume Humans Medicine Lung volumes Bronchitis Residual volume Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Age Factors Middle Aged respiratory system medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Simple chronic bronchitis Anesthesia Chronic Disease Female business Research Article circulatory and respiratory physiology |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 35:375-378 |
| ISSN: | 0040-6376 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/thx.35.5.375 |
| Popis: | The partial effective times of the expiratory spirogram were calculated in 80 normal non-smoking subjects aged from 20 to 69 years and in 30 patients aged from 30 to 58 years with chronic bronchitis. Of these patients, 28 had a normal FEV1/FVC ratio, while the other two had a low ratio. Partial effective times were calculated for 10% segments of the expired FVC from total lung capacity (0% FVC) to residual volume (100% FVC) and became progressively longer after 50% of the FVC had been expired in normal subjects. The elongation to the partial effective times was more pronounced with age. In the patients with simple chronic bronchitis (normal FEV1/FVC ratio) the partial effective times were longer than normal after 50% of the FVC had been expired and after 10% of the FVC had been expired in the two patients with chronic bronchitis and low FEV1/FVC ratio. The partial effective times of the forced expiratory spirogram, especially that at the 80--90% part of the FVC, seem to be very sensitive indices for the early detection of mild airways obstruction. |
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