Routine exposure to domestic cooking fuels is an important source of indoor air pollution causing deterioration of lung function. We conducted a community based cross-sectional study in 760 non-smoking rural women involved in household cooking with four types of cooking fuels i.e. Biomass, Kerosene stove, Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Mixed (combination of two and more cooking fuels). Peak Exp...

Diabetic patients may have significant reduction in lung functions as chronic hyperglycemia in Type two Diabetes Mellitus (T2 DM) is associated with continuing damage, dysfunction, and failure of various organs, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, lungs and blood vessels. This study was carried out on One hundred T2 DM patients, age between 30-70 years of either gender who were subject...

OBJECTIVE Although several prediction equations to evaluate peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) of Indian children are available in literature, clinicians and researchers need to make a logical choice of which equation to use as reference. The aim was to demonstrate a practical approach to making such a logical choice by using prediction equations on our study population. METHODS Eighteen linear...

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcome of patients with acute bronchospasm treated with continuously nebulized albuterol plus ipratropium bromide vs albuterol alone. SETTING The Emergency Department (ED) at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. PARTICIPANTS Patients > or = 18 years old presenting to the ED with acute bronchospasm and a peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) of < 70...

This study investigated the prevalence and association between exercise-induced asthma (EIA) and parental socio-economic status (PSES) among school-aged adolescents in a semiurban community in Nigeria. Three hundred and eighty-five adolescents (185 male and 200 female adolescents) whose ages ranged between 10 and 19 years participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants were recruited f...

Peak expiratory flow rate is an effective measure of effort dependent airflow. It is relatively a simple procedure, and may be carried out in the field using portable instruments. The average PEFR of healthy young Indian males and females is around 500 and 350 lpm respectively. The PEFR reaches a peak at about 18-20 years, maintains this level up to about 30 years in males, and about 40 years i...

CONTEXT To our knowledge, no previous studies examined the longitudinal relationship between vitamin D status and pulmonary function in a population-based sample of older persons. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to examine the cross-sectional as well as the longitudinal relationship between vitamin D status and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) in a representative sample of the Dutch older populat...

Positioning combined with coughing and huffing is frequently used to promote secretion clearance. Maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) have been used as surrogate measures of cough and huff strength. This study investigated the effect of body position on MEP and PEFR. Repeated measures of MEP and PEFR were performed across seven randomised positions (standing, ...

Background: Textile industries play a significant role in the economic growth of the country. Health concern of these textile mill workers is the biggest challenge. Respiratory alterations were found in these workers with long-term exposure to cotton dust. Effect of cotton dust on peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) is not very well documented in the past. Aim/Objective: The main objective of this...

Charcoal production is often accompanied with gaseous and particulate emission into the atmosphere and occupationally exposed workers could be affected. This cross sectional comparative study was carried out to assess the levels of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM2.5) generated during the phases of charcoal prod...