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6445430

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
It has been suggested that the assessment of ventilatory capacity alone is inadequate for the determination of disabling occupational respiratory impairment in coal miners. The Department of Labor has accepted this view and now routinely requests blood gas analyses in those claimants not meeting the ventilatory criteria. We tested the validity of this contention by selecting two groups of coal miners claiming total disability. The first consisted of 150 claimants who were referred for spirometry, while the second consisted of 50 claimants who had been referred for blood gas studies. Of those in group 1, eight met the extent criteria for disability, while only two of those in group 2 satisfied the criteria, and, in both, cardiac disease was responsible. We conclude that blood gas analyses are unnecessary in the determination of pulmonary disability in coal miners.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
243
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2401-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Respiratory disability in coal miners.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article