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A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health Mar 1955
Topics: Asbestosis; Humans; Pneumoconiosis
PubMed: 14349403
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The Journal of the Faculty of... Apr 1955
Topics: Humans; Pneumoconiosis; Radiology; Tin; Tin Compounds
PubMed: 24543618
DOI: 10.1016/s0368-2242(55)80032-2 -
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Nov 2020Work-related lung diseases (WRLDs) are entirely preventable. To assess the impact of WRLDs on the US transplant system, we identified adult lung transplant recipients...
OBJECTIVES
Work-related lung diseases (WRLDs) are entirely preventable. To assess the impact of WRLDs on the US transplant system, we identified adult lung transplant recipients with a WRLD diagnosis specified at the time of transplant to describe demographic, payer and clinical characteristics of these patients and to assess post-transplant survival.
METHODS
Using US registry data from 1991 to 2018, we identified lung transplant recipients with WRLDs including coal workers' pneumoconiosis, silicosis, asbestosis, metal pneumoconiosis and berylliosis.
RESULTS
The frequency of WRLD-associated transplants has increased over time. Among 230 lung transplants for WRLD, a majority were performed since 2009; 79 were for coal workers' pneumoconiosis and 78 were for silicosis. Patients with coal workers' pneumoconiosis were predominantly from West Virginia (n=31), Kentucky (n=23) or Virginia (n=10). States with the highest number of patients with silicosis transplant were Pennsylvania (n=12) and West Virginia (n=8). Patients with metal pneumoconiosis and asbestosis had the lowest and highest mean age at transplant (48.8 and 62.1 years). Median post-transplant survival was 8.2 years for patients with asbestosis, 6.6 years for coal workers' pneumoconiosis and 7.8 years for silicosis. Risk of death among patients with silicosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis and asbestosis did not differ when compared with patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
CONCLUSIONS
Lung transplants for WRLDs are increasingly common, indicating a need for primary prevention and surveillance in high-risk occupations. Collection of patient occupational history by the registry could enhance case identification and inform prevention strategies.
Topics: Berylliosis; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Lung Diseases; Lung Transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Diseases; Pneumoconiosis; Registries; Silicosis; Survival Analysis; United States
PubMed: 32859693
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106578 -
Journal of Tongji Medical University =... 1991As a preliminary step in joint Sino-American pneumoconiosis research efforts, a formal chest X-ray pneumoconiosis reading trial was conducted among Chinese and American... (Comparative Study)
Comparative Study
As a preliminary step in joint Sino-American pneumoconiosis research efforts, a formal chest X-ray pneumoconiosis reading trial was conducted among Chinese and American radiologists. Twelve Chinese readers from different institutions located in south central China used the 1986 Chinese Roentgenodiagnostic Criteria of Pneumoconioses. Three American radiologists, centified as NIOSH "B" readers, used the International Labour Office Classification of Pneumoconioses. The chest X-ray study set consisted of 150 posterior-anterior films. One-half were Chinese X-rays of silica-exposed workers, and the other half were American films of variously exposed workers but primarily coal miners. All readings were done independently. The results showed that the inter-reader variability among the Chinese was similar to that of the American readers, both being in an acceptable range. In addition, there was general agreement between the Chinese and American interpretations. For small opacity profusion, the Chinese readers tended to read slightly more diseases than their American counterparts, although there was exact agreement as to the major category in two-thirds of the films. Agreement for film quality, and pleural disease was less, but was not different from reported variation among American "B" readers. Overall, the results suggest that despite the use of two different classification systems, a valid correspondence exists between the Chinese and American Interpretations, which is suitable for use in epidemiologic research.
Topics: Anthracosilicosis; China; Coal Mining; Humans; Pneumoconiosis; Radiography; Reference Standards; Silicosis; United States
PubMed: 1819033
DOI: 10.1007/BF02888156 -
Occupational Medicine (Philadelphia,... 1992The chest radiograph is extensively used in evaluating workers at risk for developing occupational lung disease. Other pulmonary imaging techniques used in conjunction... (Review)
Review
The chest radiograph is extensively used in evaluating workers at risk for developing occupational lung disease. Other pulmonary imaging techniques used in conjunction with the initial chest radiograph include conventional computed tomography, high resolution computed tomography, and gallium scintigraphy. This chapter evaluates the use of these techniques and their appropriate applications in the pneumoconioses, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, berylliosis, and hard metal diseases.
Topics: Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic; Asbestosis; Berylliosis; Coal Mining; Diagnostic Imaging; Humans; Occupational Diseases; Pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Silicosis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
PubMed: 1615361
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British Journal of Industrial Medicine Oct 1956
Topics: Anthracosis; Biometry; Pneumoconiosis; Prevalence
PubMed: 13364153
DOI: 10.1136/oem.13.4.231 -
American Review of Tuberculosis Aug 1958
Topics: Arthritis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Caplan Syndrome; Humans; Pneumoconiosis
PubMed: 13559659
DOI: 10.1164/artpd.1958.78.2.274 -
Journal of the Indian Medical... Feb 1958
Topics: Humans; India; Pneumoconiosis
PubMed: 13514099
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A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health Oct 1954
Topics: Heavy Metal Poisoning; Metals, Heavy; Pneumoconiosis; Poisoning; Tin; Tin Compounds
PubMed: 13196706
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Clinical Reviews in Allergy May 1985Collectively, the pneumoconioses represent a spectrum of pulmonary diseases initiated by inorganic dust exposure. Although multiple humoral and cellular immune... (Review)
Review
Collectively, the pneumoconioses represent a spectrum of pulmonary diseases initiated by inorganic dust exposure. Although multiple humoral and cellular immune alterations have been demonstrated in these interstitial and commonly fibrotic lung diseases, the exact role of immune changes in disease pathogenesis presently is undefined. Insight into disease mechanisms may have to await the careful characterization of suitable animal models, along with analysis of local, human bronchopulmonary immune responses through the vehicle of bronchoalveolar lavage.
Topics: Asbestosis; Berylliosis; Coal; Dust; Humans; Pneumoconiosis; Radiography; Silicosis
PubMed: 3886119
DOI: 10.1007/BF02992986