Analysis of 40 patients with coal worker's pneumoconiosis combined with sleep apnea

VernacularTitle:煤工尘肺合并睡眠呼吸暂停40例分析
Author: Yandong LIANG ; Yuexiang ZHU ; Chunxiao YU ; Zheng HUANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Coal worker's pneumoconiosis; Sleep apnea syndrome; Multiple-organ dysfunction
From: Clinical Medicine of China 2010;26(8):810-812
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective We studied the clinical features and its significance of coal worker's pneumoconiosis combined with sleep apnea Methods In 40 patients with coal worker's pneumoconiosis combined with sleep apnea hospitalized from February 2006 to December 2009, polysomnography ( PSG) , blood routine, urine routine, blood pressure and biochemical indicators were measured and analyzed. Results Patients with coal worker' s pneumoconiosis combined with sleep apnea manifested mainly as duplicate hypoxemia and multi-organ dysfunction: high blood pressure, dysfunction of heart, lung and kidney, increase of serum glucose, blood lipids, blood uric acid and finally led a vicious cycle to aggravate the above mentioned damage. Conclusions In clinical, multiple-organ dysfunction resulted from severe hypoxemia and hypercapnia caused by coal worker's pneumoconiosis combined with sleep apnea, should be fully aware and give ational and effective treatment early to reverse or delay the further function damages of multiple organs, and therefore significantly improve the prognosis.