Longitudinal Changes in Spirometry in Deployed Air Force Firefighters.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Feb 2022
01 Feb 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
31
8
2021
medline:
3
5
2022
entrez:
30
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Inhalational exposures are common among service members who deploy to southwest Asia. The objective of this study is to determine if deployed Air Force firefighters have any decline in spirometry related to deployment. This study is a retrospective chart review. The database search identified 302 firefighters with documentation of two separate spirometry examinations. For deployed firefighters, mean change in forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1) percent predicted was -1.01 ± 7.86, forced vital capacity (FVC) was -0.46 ± 10.26 predicted, and mid-expiratory flow (FEF25-75) was -0.13 ± 12.97. For firefighters who had never deployed, mean change in FEV1 percent predicted was +0.08 ± 7.09, FVC was +0.72 ± 7.75, and FEF25-75 was -0.66 ± 16.17. There does not appear to be evidence that deployment causes a significant change in lung function as measured by spirometry.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34456323
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002369
pii: 00043764-202202000-00008
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
146-150Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
M.J.M. is on the Speakers’ Bureau for Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Glaxo-Smith-Kline. The other authors have no financial conflicts of interest to disclose.
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