Longitudinal Changes in Spirometry in Deployed Air Force Firefighters
| Autor: | Michael J. Morris, John Kim, Edward T. McCann, Robert Walter, Andrew J. Berglund |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Spirometry
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Vital Capacity Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Service member respiratory system FEV1/FVC ratio Software deployment Firefighters Forced Expiratory Volume Chart review Physical therapy Humans Medicine business Lung Lung function Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. |
| ISSN: | 1076-2752 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/jom.0000000000002369 |
| Popis: | Inhalational exposures are common among service members who deploy to southwest Asia. The objective of this study is to determine if deployed Air Force firefighters have any decline in spirometry related to deployment.This study is a retrospective chart review.The database search identified 302 firefighters with documentation of two separate spirometry examinations. For deployed firefighters, mean change in forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1) percent predicted was -1.01 ± 7.86, forced vital capacity (FVC) was -0.46 ± 10.26 predicted, and mid-expiratory flow (FEF25-75) was -0.13 ± 12.97. For firefighters who had never deployed, mean change in FEV1 percent predicted was +0.08 ± 7.09, FVC was +0.72 ± 7.75, and FEF25-75 was -0.66 ± 16.17.There does not appear to be evidence that deployment causes a significant change in lung function as measured by spirometry. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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