| Abstrakt: |
In this interview, Dr Tinkelman discusses the clinical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the effects of this airways disease on employees and employers. He stresses that smoking, much more than occupational exposure, causes this chronic and irreversible lung disease. Progressive loss of lung function reduces productivity in workers whose jobs require physical exertion. A significant number of employees with this disease become disabled. Therefore, companies would do well to support employees in their efforts to quit smoking to lower the impact of this debilitating disease in their workplace. The case study typifies the etiology and progression of this disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
