Open AccessAir Trapping Detected on End-Expiratory High-Resolution Computed Tomography in Symptomatic World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers
Author(s) -
David S. Mendelson,
Mark Roggeveen,
S. M. Levin,
Robin Herbert,
Rafael E. de la Hoz
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1536-5948
pISSN - 1076-2752
DOI - 10.1097/jom.0b013e3180d09e87
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary function testing , air trapping , world trade center , high resolution computed tomography , respiratory system , lung , high resolution , computed tomography , radiology , lung function , lung volumes , respiratory disease , nuclear medicine , history , remote sensing , archaeology , terrorism , geology
We utilized end-expiratory chest computed tomography (CT) to investigate air trapping (AT) in symptomatic former World Trade Center (WTC) workers, and correlated the findings with clinical, physiological, and exposure-related characteristics.