Open AccessPulmonary Function Tests in Type 2 Diabetics and Non-Diabetic People -A Comparative Study
Author(s) -
• Aparna
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/6182.3237
Subject(s) - spirometry , medicine , vital capacity , spirometer , pulmonary function testing , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , statistical significance , cardiology , physical therapy , type 2 diabetes , lung , lung function , asthma , endocrinology , diffusing capacity , exhaled nitric oxide
The complications which are associated with type 2 Diabetes mellitus are mostly caused by macro vascular and micro vascular damages. The pulmonary complications of diabetes mellitus have been poorly characterised. The present study has focused on the mechanical aspects of lung dysfunction which are attributable to type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; maximal forced Spiro metric Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) like Forced vital capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1sec (FEV1),. FEV1/FVC % and Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), to be specific.