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- Title
Evaluation of pulmonary function test in lorry drivers.
- Authors
Umakanth, Kethan; Preetha, S.; Devi, R. Gayatri
- Abstract
Introduction: The transport system is one of the main reasons of air pollution that causes major harm to humans. Gases emitted from vehicles such as benzene and carbon monoxide are extremely dangerous to human beings. Some of the people who are mainly affected by this are transport drivers. The study aims to evaluate the impact of air pollution on lorry drivers. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 subjects were taken and divided into two groups. 30 of them are taken to be the control group, and 30 lorry drivers were taken as study group. The pulmonary function test was taken to test the lung capacity. The ratio was recorded, and the parameters used to assess the lung function are forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), FVC/FEV1, peak expiratory flow (PEF), etc. Results and Conclusion: The FVC value for the study group is 3.2l when compared to control group of value 3.8l, FEV1 value is 2.9l whereas the control value is 3.6 l, study group of FEV1/FVC value is 82% whereas the control value is 86% and the PEF value is 5 when the control value is 6. There is a significant reduction in all the parameters of the pulmonary function tests.
- Subjects
PULMONARY function tests; TRUCK drivers; AIR pollution; VITAL capacity (Respiration); EXPIRATORY flow; HEALTH
- Publication
Drug Invention Today, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 11, p2252
- ISSN
0975-7619
- Publication type
Article