| Autor: |
Alirio Bastidas-Goyes, Gustavo Hincapié-Díaz, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, Sandra Rodríguez-Rojas |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista Médica del Hospital General de México, Vol 84, Iss 3 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0185-1063 |
| DOI: |
10.24875/HGMX.21000005 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Pulmonary function can be affected months after blunt thoracic trauma. However, the data reported are scarce. Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate pulmonary function at 3 and 6 months in subjects with thoracic injuries suffered in combat. Materials and methods: Study of cases and controls evaluating subjects with chest trauma at 3 and 6 months after it, the controls were healthy soldiers with combat experience. Spirometric variables, lung volumes, Cooper test, 6 min walking test, and cardiopulmonary exercise test were evaluated between 2011 and 2016. Results: Forty-five male subjects entered the study, 25 cases evaluated 3 months and 11 at 6 months after the trauma, compared with 20 controls. After 3 months of evaluation, the subjects wounded in combat walked 43.63 m (p = 0.007) less when compared to the control group in the 6 min walk and the post-vital capacity was 0.88 l (p < 0.001) lower at 6 months than in the control group. When comparing the subjects with chest trauma evaluated, the only variables that showed a statistically significant recovery were the pre-forced expiratory flow (p = 0.005) and 6 min walking test (p = 0.002). Conclusion: Subjects with chest trauma in combat show a decrease in lung volumes and a cardiopulmonary exercise test at 3 and 6 months of evaluation. |
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