Session 3H: Healthy Individuals Have a Higher Forced Vital Capacity than Dialysis Patients

Session Number

Session 3H:3rd Presentation

Advisor(s)

Kenneth Wilund, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Location

Room A119

Start Date

28-4-2017 1:15 PM

End Date

28-4-2017 2:30 PM

Abstract

Six healthy individuals and six hemodialysis patients were tested for Forced Vital Capacity. Hemodialysis is used for those Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients who are acutely ill and require short term or long term dialysis. Obstructive disorders due to CKD can lead to vital capacity becoming impaired as the lungs become engorged and turgid with blood subsequent to a failing left ventricle. Since pulmonary function is directly correlated to vital capacity, an increase in vital capacity may improve pulmonary function. In addition to Forced Vital Capacity, there are several other values that can be used to measure improvement of lung function such Forced Expiratory Volume-1, FEV1/FVC, Forced Expiratory Flow 25 to 75 seconds (FEF25-75), Forced Expiratory Time (FET), and Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF0. All six of these were tested between dialysis patients and healthy individuals to get an overall picture of each person's lung function. In order to test the patients' lung function, a hand held instrument called the Carefusion Spirometer was used. After running a two sample t-test, significant differences between the groups for each of the following variables: FEV1, FVC, PEF, and FEF25-75, indicated reduced pulmonary function in the CKD patients.

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Session 3H: Healthy Individuals Have a Higher Forced Vital Capacity than Dialysis Patients

Room A119

Six healthy individuals and six hemodialysis patients were tested for Forced Vital Capacity. Hemodialysis is used for those Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients who are acutely ill and require short term or long term dialysis. Obstructive disorders due to CKD can lead to vital capacity becoming impaired as the lungs become engorged and turgid with blood subsequent to a failing left ventricle. Since pulmonary function is directly correlated to vital capacity, an increase in vital capacity may improve pulmonary function. In addition to Forced Vital Capacity, there are several other values that can be used to measure improvement of lung function such Forced Expiratory Volume-1, FEV1/FVC, Forced Expiratory Flow 25 to 75 seconds (FEF25-75), Forced Expiratory Time (FET), and Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF0. All six of these were tested between dialysis patients and healthy individuals to get an overall picture of each person's lung function. In order to test the patients' lung function, a hand held instrument called the Carefusion Spirometer was used. After running a two sample t-test, significant differences between the groups for each of the following variables: FEV1, FVC, PEF, and FEF25-75, indicated reduced pulmonary function in the CKD patients.