Objective. To evaluate the effects of diaphragmatic breathing exercises and flow and volume-oriented incentive spirometry on pulmonary function and diaphragm excursion in patients undergoing laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Methodology. We selected 260 patients posted for laparoscopic abdominal surgery and they were block randomization as follows: 65 patients performed diaphragmatic breathing ex...

spirometry has been used as a common diagnostic test in asthma. most of the patients with a mild asthma have a fev1 within normal range. hence, other diagnostic methods are usually used. the aim of this study was to evaluate whether eosinophil cationic protein (ecp) could be an accurate diagnostic marker of mild asthma. in this study diagnosis of asthma was made according to internationally acc...

The 2007 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute expert panel asthma guidelines recommend that spirometry be part of routine asthma diagnosis and monitoring of therapy, yet only 35% of pediatric practices use spirometry for patients with asthma. Pediatricians should be aware that routine office spirometry is feasible, practical, and important for optimizing care for children with respiratory s...

Introduction T common criterion recommended for diagnosis of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is demonstration of “progressive irreversible airway obstruction” on spirometry. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD) has recommended spirometry as the gold standard for diagnosis of COPD. However, spirometry is not widely available and spirometric test results ...

historically, opium was used as a potent analgesic and to treat dyspnea and cough. it is documented that opium can increase exercise tolerance and relieve breathlessness. however, its overdose can suppress respiratory centers. the purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of opium on spirometric lung volumes.the study was done on two groups of patients referred to the lung clinic of labbafi...

background and objectives: studies have shown that fasting can have an impact on the course and severity of chronic diseases. there are a few studies on the association of fasting and asthma. therefore, this study has been conducted with the purpose of examining the effects of fasting on asthma severity and pulmonary functioning tests. methods: 30 patients with asthma who attended a pulmonology...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate published spirometry data for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) peoples to determine (i) whether their ethnicity influenced spirometry results; and (ii) if any reliable spirometry reference values exist for Indigenous Australians. STUDY DESIGN Systematic review of published and grey literature. DATA SOURCES PubMed and Cochrane Library datab...

the work exposure conditions such as dust concentration, exposure time, use of respiratory protection devices and smoking status are effective to cause pulmonary function disorder. the objective of this study was prediction of pulmonary disorders in workers exposed to silica dust using artificial neural networks and logistic regression. a sample of 117 out of 150 workers employed in the stone c...

Background: Aasthma due to causing disruption in the work of breathing and obstruction of the pulmonary tract creates the physical restrictions in the social, emotional and psychological, aspects and performing daily life activities, hence the present study is conducted to determine the impact of a period of selected activity on some spirometry parameters of children from 5 to 10 years old suff...

105 inTroducTion Civilian Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) has a long history in the United States. Enormous progress has been made during the past ten years in developing professional and operational standards within the field. However, to date, there still exists no standard of care within TEMS specifically, and more broadly for high threat pre-hospital trauma care. Current civilian ...