Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis and Other Mining-Related Lung Disease
| Autor: | Leonard H.T. Go, Robert A. Cohen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Chronic bronchitis medicine.medical_specialty Lung business.industry Pneumoconiosis Respiratory disease medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Silicosis Lung disease Pulmonary fibrosis medicine Intensive care medicine business Lung cancer |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in Chest Medicine. 41:687-696 |
| ISSN: | 0272-5231 |
| Popis: | Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and other mining-related lung diseases are entirely preventable, yet continue to occur. While greater attention has been given to CWP and silicosis, mining exposures cause a broad spectrum of respiratory disease, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and pulmonary fibrosis. Physicians must obtain a detailed occupational and exposure history from miners in order to make an accurate diagnosis and determine the risk of disease progression. Mining-related lung diseases are incurable and difficult to treat. Therefore, primary prevention by limiting dust exposure and secondary prevention through chest imaging and physiologic screening should be the primary focus of disease control. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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