Clinical Evaluation of Deployed Military Personnel with Chronic Respiratory Symptoms: STAMPEDE (Study of Active Duty Military for Pulmonary Disease Related to Environmental Deployment Exposures) III.

CONCLUSION: Post-deployment pulmonary evaluation should focus on common diseases such as asthma and airway hyperreactivity, and include testing for upper airway disorders. Diffuse lung diseases were rarely diagnosed while numerous co-morbidities were common.
PMID: 32017933 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chest - January 31, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Morris MJ, Walter RJ, McCann ET, Sherner JH, Murillo C, Barber B, Hunninghake JC, Holley AB Tags: Chest Source Type: research