OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION

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Abstract
The relationship of clinical and physiologic findings to work status was investigated in a group of patients with chronic airway obstruction of uncertain origin. In most instances work status could be predicted by the relationship between exertional demands of the occupation and the severity of ventilatory impairment. Additional consideration of ecg findings slightly improved this prediction of work status. More sophisticated pulmonary function tests did not significantly improve the ability of spirometric tests to predict work status, nor did consideration of a variety of other clinical and laboratory parameters.