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Across-shift changes of exhaled nitric oxide and spirometric indices among cotton textile workers

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International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Abstract

Objectives

For the purpose of evaluation of exhaled NO as an index of airway inflammation, we assessed changes in fractional exhaled NO (FeNO) across a work shift and its relationship with respiratory complaints.

Material and Methods

Chronic and work-aggravated respiratory complaints were assessed using a questionnaire in 89 male textile workers. FeNO and spirometry were performed before and after a work shift and all the changes were registered.

Results

A significant increase in FeNO after a work shift was observed. Post-shift FeNO was significantly higher among the subjects with chronic respiratory complaints. There was an obvious decrease in FVC, and FEV1 after a work shift; however, we couldn’t find a significant relationship between changes in respiratory parameters and concentration of inhalable dusts.

Conclusions

FeNO increase after a work shift along with pulmonary function decrement and higher post-shift FeNO among subjects with respiratory complaints makes across-shift FeNO a non-invasive test for assessment of airway hyper-responsiveness in textile workers.

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Mirmohammadi, S.J., Mehrparvar, A.H., Safaei, S. et al. Across-shift changes of exhaled nitric oxide and spirometric indices among cotton textile workers. IJOMEH 27, 707–715 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13382-014-0306-4

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