Abstract Background Prevalence of hereditary blood diseases such as sickle cell anemia, sickle thalassemia and thalassemia major are high in Khuzestan province. Sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia are predominantly common in Iranian Arabs. Pulmonary complications account for a large proportion of morbidity and mortality in patients with and sickle cell disease. Periodic lung function asse...

Low body mass index (BMI) and malnutrition in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with a poor prognosis. The prevalence of underweight, as well as overweight, in severity grades of COPD is sparsely investigated in studies of the general population and the associated patterns of risk factors are not well established. The aim of the present study was to determine the assoc...

BACKGROUND We examined the association of impaired lung function and respiratory symptoms with measures of health status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among US adults. METHODS The sample included 5139 participants aged 40-79 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010 who underwent spirometric testing and responded to questions about respiratory sympto...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of synchronous primary lung neoplasms in surgical resection specimens was assessed. The associated clinical features and prognostic implications were investigated. METHODS All surgical resections for lung cancer performed during seven years were reviewed. Synchronous tumours were defined by the presence of more than one tumour mass in the lung, by differences in hist...

BACKGROUND A growing body of evidence shows that childhood wheezing may lead to recurrent or persistent symptoms in adulthood, such that persistent wheezing associated with lung function deficits often have their roots in the first few years of life. OBJECTIVES We summarized information from several prospective cohort studies following children with or without wheezing into adulthood, to esti...

BACKGROUND Despite epidemiological evidences of relationship between poor lung function and atherosclerosis, the relationship between poor lung function and microalbuminuria (MAU), an early surrogate marker of both kidney damage and atherosclerosis, is not well understood. Hence, we plan to investigate the relationship between poor lung function and MAU using multivariate models to adjust for o...

the present study aimed at assessing cement dust exposure and its relationship to lung function at a portland cement factory in ilam, iran. lung function tests were carried out on 112 workers at the cement factory in 2008-09. simultaneously 85 non exposed workers were used as control. lung function tests were performed for all subjects. additionally, total dust level was determined by the gravi...