Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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Changes of Forced Vital Capacity and Froced Expiratory Volume in one second of hospitalized Pneumoconiosis Patients

진폐환자 입원치료시 노력성 폐활량 및 1초 폐활량의 변화에 대한 연구

  • Cheon, Yong-Hee (The Institute for Pneumoconiosis, Korea Labour Welfare Corporation) ;
  • Chung, Ho-Keun (The Institute for Pneumoconiosis, Korea Labour Welfare Corporation) ;
  • Moon, Young-Hahn (Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Chung, Ho-Young (Donghae Hospital, Korea Labour Welfare Corporation)
  • 천용희 (근로복지공사 진폐연구소) ;
  • 정호근 (근로복지공사 진폐연구소) ;
  • 문영한 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 정호용 (근로복지공사 동해병원)
  • Published : 1986.11.01
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Abstract

Forced vital capacities (FVC's) and forced expiratory volumes in one second $(FEV_{1.0}'s)$ of 26 pneumoconiosis patients were checked at admission and were followed up for 10 months through hospitalization. FVC's and $FEV_{1.0}'s$ were slightly improved in 10 months after admission. The improvement of FVC's was statistically significant. In the group of large opacities in chest radiographs, FVC's and $FEV_{1.0}'s$ were lower than those values in small opacity group at admission but improved more progressively. Similar finding was noted in the group of emphysema; those values were lower at admission but improved more progressively than those of non-emphysema group.

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