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Assessment of respiratory function in patients with podoconiosis

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posted on 2023-06-08, 17:02 authored by Chiara Morrison, Gail DaveyGail Davey
The respiratory effects of silicate particles have never been studied in patients with podoconiosis (a lower limb silicosis). We assessed whether lung function in patients differed from that of controls in the same silica-exposed environment. We assessed lung function using portable turbine spirometers on 110 adult patients with podoconiosis and 110 controls, and compared mean percentage predicted forced expiratory volume in 1second (FEV(1)) and forced vital capacity (FVC) between these groups. Percentage predicted FEV(1) and FVC were low in both groups, but the difference between groups was not statistically significant (FEV(1) 82.24 vs. 85.32, P=0.187; FVC 70.93 vs. 73.59, P= 0.197). The mean FEV(1) of both groups was significantly lower than that of Ethiopian adults living on low-silica soil.

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  • Published

Journal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

ISSN

1878-3503

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Issue

3

Volume

103

Page range

315-7

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  • Global Health and Infection Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-06-09

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