Evaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on PFT in Iranian combatants during Iran-Iraq war

Objective: In the imposed Iraq-Iran war during 1985, 1986 and 1988, soldiers injured by chemical warfare were referred to us by the Mostazefan foundation and Sepah for evaluation of their pulmonary status. Methods: Pulmonary function tests (PFT) were performed on these patients to evaluate the patte...

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Autores principales:	Kh Bidjani, AA Moghadam Nia
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Publicado:	Babol University of Medical Sciences 1999
Materias:	chemical warfare iraq-iran war pulmonary function tests Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:334933f514754d50a6fbe001baff51f92021-11-10T09:24:24ZEvaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on PFT in Iranian combatants during Iran-Iraq war1561-41072251-7170https://doaj.org/article/334933f514754d50a6fbe001baff51f91999-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jbums.org/article-1-2945-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1561-4107https://doaj.org/toc/2251-7170Objective: In the imposed Iraq-Iran war during 1985, 1986 and 1988, soldiers injured by chemical warfare were referred to us by the Mostazefan foundation and Sepah for evaluation of their pulmonary status. Methods: Pulmonary function tests (PFT) were performed on these patients to evaluate the pattern of abnormality: Particularly focusing on the chronic changes that took place during the long interval between contact with chemical agents and PFT. Findings: A total of 52 patients were evaluated of whom 26 (51%) showed obstructive pattern, 21 (38%) were normal and 5 (11%) showed restrictive pattern. The majority of patients were 20-40 years of age. The minimum time interval between contact and PFT was 6 years. Conclusion: From this study was can probably conclude that the major effect of chemical agents on the airway is obstruction and that over a period of time this will be reversible.Kh BidjaniAA Moghadam NiaBabol University of Medical Sciencesarticlechemical warfareiraq-iran warpulmonary function testsMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENFAMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, Vol 1, Iss 3, Pp 14-17 (1999)
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description	Objective: In the imposed Iraq-Iran war during 1985, 1986 and 1988, soldiers injured by chemical warfare were referred to us by the Mostazefan foundation and Sepah for evaluation of their pulmonary status. Methods: Pulmonary function tests (PFT) were performed on these patients to evaluate the pattern of abnormality: Particularly focusing on the chronic changes that took place during the long interval between contact with chemical agents and PFT. Findings: A total of 52 patients were evaluated of whom 26 (51%) showed obstructive pattern, 21 (38%) were normal and 5 (11%) showed restrictive pattern. The majority of patients were 20-40 years of age. The minimum time interval between contact and PFT was 6 years. Conclusion: From this study was can probably conclude that the major effect of chemical agents on the airway is obstruction and that over a period of time this will be reversible.
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title	Evaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on PFT in Iranian combatants during Iran-Iraq war
title_short	Evaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on PFT in Iranian combatants during Iran-Iraq war
title_full	Evaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on PFT in Iranian combatants during Iran-Iraq war
title_fullStr	Evaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on PFT in Iranian combatants during Iran-Iraq war
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on PFT in Iranian combatants during Iran-Iraq war
title_sort	evaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on pft in iranian combatants during iran-iraq war
publisher	Babol University of Medical Sciences
publishDate	1999
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Evaluation of chronic effects of chemical warfare on PFT in Iranian combatants during Iran-Iraq war

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