Oral contraceptives improve lung mechanics (CROSBI ID 140018)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Strinić, Tomislav ; Eterović, Davor
engleski
Oral contraceptives improve lung mechanics
Objective: To determine whether oral contraceptives affect lung mechanics. Design: Open-label study. Setting: Academic medical center. Patient(s): Thirty-six healthy nonsmoking women. Intervention(s): Administration of an oral contraceptive containing ethinyl estradiol, 35 mug, and norgestimat, 250 mug for 6 months. Main Outcome Measure(s): Forced vital capacity ; forced expiratory volume in I second ; peak expiratory flow ; and flow at large, medium, and small lung volumes. Result(s): At 6 months, all forced expiratory flow and volume had increased significantly (from 6.5% to 15%). Flows at small lung volumes especially increased. Conclusion(s): Combination oral contraceptives have a measurable effect on lung mechanics.
oral contraceptives; spirometry; collagen
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Podaci o izdanju
Povezanost rada
Kliničke medicinske znanosti