An Assessment of Lung Functions in Relation to Body Surface Area

A. S. Rajput; S. K. Dwivedi; Manish Goyal

An Assessment of Lung Functions in Relation to Body Surface Area

A. S. Rajput ¹, S. K. Dwivedi ², Manish Goyal ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Physiology, G.R. Medical College, Gwalior, MP., India
2 Department of Physiology, Lt. B.R.K.M. Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur, CG., India
3 Department of Physiology, CIMS, Bilaspur, CG., India

Introduction: Due to technical developments, the function of lung may also be assessed simply and logically and with a reasonable prospect that the results from different laboratories will both agree and interpreted similarly.

Objective of the study: To know the ventilator status of the subjects as a whole in reference to different body surface areas.

Material and methods: Body surface area was calculated by taking into the account of height and weight of the sampled individuals. A total of one hundred eighty five subjects of both sexes were included in the study.

Variables: Eleven variables were taken into consideration for the study purpose.

Results: FEV.5/FVC% and FEV1/FVC% showed decline in their values with increasing body surface area in males in contrast to their female counterparts.

Conclusion: Most parameters except FEV.5/FVC% and FEV1/FVC% showed rise in their values with increasing Body Surface Area.