Haben asbestassoziierte Pleuraplaques einen Einfluss auf die Lungenfunktion?

This study describes the influence of HRCT-diagnosed asbestos related pleural plaques and cumulative asbestos exposure, independently of pleural and parenchymal variances, on lung function. Furthermore the difference between the correlations of lung function to pleural plaques, diagnosed either by HRCT or conventional radiographs was investigated. The collective of study objects consisted of 319 asbestos exposed people with no HRCT-verifiable parenchymal variances. Neither extension, thickness and calcification of asbestos related pleural plaques, nor the cumulative asbestos exposure, independent of pleural and parenchymal variances, had any influence on lung function. All statistical distinctive features, which appeared during investigation of localisation of ventral calcified plaques in RV and the quotient RV/TLC and of cranial ones in VCIN and FVC, are best explained by chance. A difference between the correlations of HRCT-diagnosed plaques and those diagnosed by conventional radiographs to lung function could not be verified; both correlations were very small.

Grantor dc:publisher

Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University

Year dc:date

2005

Author dc:creator

• Fischer, Christina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kraus, Thomas

• info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/610
• Medizin
• Asbest
• HRCT
• Lungenfunktion
• Pleuraplaque

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

ger

Identifier

https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-CONV-123485%22

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oai:publications.rwth-aachen.de:61869