The effect of transfusion on pulmonary function tests in patients with thalassemia.
Our aim in this study was to investigate the effects of transfusion on pulmonary function tests (PFT) in patients with thalassemia. A total of 43 patients (34 major, 6 intermedia and 3 S/B thalassemics), 21 females and 22 males aged 6 to 29 (mean ± SD: 13.82 ± 4.96) years participated. PFT was performed using a spirometry (ST-250) programmed with European Community for Coal and a Steal (ECCS) equations. Transfusion did not effect the PFT parameters at the pre- and posttransfusion period and but the type of pulmonary function disorders partially changed after transfusion in our patients.
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