dc.contributor.author | Berk S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Şanli G.C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Özşahin S.L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Do?an Ö.T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Arslan S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Akkurt I. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-27T12:10:23Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-28T09:14:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-27T12:10:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-28T09:14:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0494-1373 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dx.doi.org/10.5578/tt.3688 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/4963 | |
dc.description | Ankara University | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: This study, to examine the outcomes of the respiratory disability assessment in our clinic. Materials and Methods: The reports of 136 patients who attended the chest diseases clinic between January 2010 and June 2011 for the assessment of the respiratory disability were examined retrospectively. Results: Of 10.457 patients who presented in 18 months, 136 (1.3%) requested the assessment of the respiratory disability. The patients' average age was 51 ± 12 years and 118 (87%) were male. Farmers constituted 19.8% of the patients and mine and foundry workers 10.7% of the patients. The most frequent symptoms were dyspnea (91.2%) and cough (76.5%). The most frequent radiological pattern was reticular and nodular opacities (38.2%). The workup led to a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 64 patients (47%) and of interstitial pulmonary disease/pneumoconiosis in 19 (14%) patients. No respiratory disease was found in 19 patients. Among 44 (32.4%) patients for whom disability rate was calculated, 8 (18.2%) had an incapacity rate of 60% or higher and 13 had 0%. The disability rates showed positive correlations with age, the duration of the respiratory symptoms and PaCO2 level (respectively r= 0.395, p= 0.008; r= 0.391, p= 0.009; r= 0.790, p< 0.001), and negative correlations with FVC, FEV1 and PaO2 levels (respectively r= -0.681, p< 0.001; r= -0.766, p< 0.001; r= -0.661, p= 0.003). Linear regression analysis showed that high PaCO2 value is a determinant for a high disability rate (r= 0.902, p= 0.014). Furthermore, smokers had higher disability rates than non-smokers (p< 0.001). Conclusion: We believe that new evidence-based guidelines that will resolve the medicolegal and social obscurities are needed. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Berk, S.; Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Gö?üs Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, Sivas, Turkey; email: serdar_berk@mynet.com | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.5578/tt.3688 | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Blood gas analysis | en_US |
dc.subject | Disability evaluation | en_US |
dc.subject | Pneumoconiosis | en_US |
dc.subject | Spirometry | en_US |
dc.title | The practice of respiratory disability assessment in a university hospital: The analysis of 136 patients [Bir üniversite hastanesinde solunumsal maluliyet de?erlendirme prati?i: 136 hastani{dotless}n analizi] | en_US |
dc.type | article | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Tuberkuloz ve Toraks | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Berk, S., Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey -- Şanli, G.C., Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey -- Özşahin, S.L., Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey -- Do?an, Ö.T., Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey -- Arslan, S., Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey -- Akkurt, I., Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 60 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.endpage | 152 | en_US |
dc.identifier.startpage | 145 | en_US |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |