Neurobiology of Respiration by Mieczyslaw Pokorski

Author:Mieczyslaw Pokorski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht

Self-reported survey – a questionnaire including the following: information about the place of living (locality, floor, distance to main roads, period of residence, etc.) and its conditions (heating method, presence of gas cookers, other emitters of air pollutants), smoking habit and its intensity, passive smoking, exposure to harmful factors, current pulmonary diseases, presence of symptoms that might have to do with respiratory disease, allergies, and anthropometric data;

Objective research – pulmonary function test carried out in the sitting position, after a few-minute time given to adapt to the new breathing conditions. Several flow-volume curves were recorded, until the repeatability in accord with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) criteria was achieved, i.e., 3 measurements not varying by more than 5 %. The test results included the following parameters that are commonly used to assess ventilation:FVC (forced vital capacity);

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