EFFECT OF DIFFERENT BODY POSITIONS ON VENTILATION IN PATIENTS WITH UNILATERAL LUNG DISEASES

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different body positions on ventilation in patients with unilateral lung diseases. Thirty patients with unilateral lung diseases their age ranged from 25 to 55 years old participated in this study. Ventilatory function test was

performed for each patient after thirty minutes of assuming each of the following body positions (sitting, supine, side lying on the affected position and side lying on the unaffected position).

The results showed that there was highly improvement in ventilatory function at sitting position .There were statistically significant differences between sitting position and other positions and between lying on the unaffected and lying on the affected side.