title: [Lung volume, capacity and alveolar ventilation in smokers].
abstract: Pulmonary volume and capacity as well as the intensity of alveolar ventilation depending on the length of smoking were examined in 60 practically healthy smokers and 30 non-smoking males. It was established that smokers with a smoking length of 6-10 years revealed a significant increase of residual pulmonary volume, volume of breathing dead space and a reduction of the alveolar ventilation/minute pulmonary volume ratio indicating a reduction of the amount of ventilated air. The revealed changes are results of a reduction of the pulmonary elasticity due to development of restrictive disorders in the parenchyma.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: German
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Sostoianie legochnykh ob''emov, emkosteĭ i al'veoliarnoĭ ventiliatsii u kuril'shchikov.