Asbestosis hospitalizations in Poland (2006–2016): results from the National Hospital Discharge Registry
| Autor: | Grzegorz Zieliński, Piotr Tyszko, Krzysztof Kanecki, Paweł Goryński, Irena Kosińska, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male lung disease medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Asbestosis Population environmental health medicine.disease_cause Asbestos lcsh:Agriculture Occupational medicine Young Adult Occupational Exposure Epidemiology Hospital discharge Humans Medicine education Waste Management and Disposal lcsh:Environmental sciences Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Aged Retrospective Studies lcsh:GE1-350 Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence Public health public health lcsh:S Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Hospitalization Occupational Diseases Emergency medicine Female Residence Poland business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Vol 27, Iss 2, Pp 284-289 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1898-2263 1232-1966 |
| DOI: | 10.26444/aaem/118898 |
| Popis: | Introduction and objective Occupational asbestos exposure is one of the major public health issues. Although asbestos use in Poland has decreased, asbestosis continues to remain an important health concern in the area of occupational medicine. The aim of the study is to perform a descriptive analysis of hospitalization cases in patients suffering from asbestosis in Poland. Material and methods The authors used hospital discharge records to conduct a retrospective, population-based study. To estimate the asbestosis hospitalization rate, data from the Nationwide General Hospital Morbidity Study conducted by the National Institute of Public Health were used. Events were defined as in-patient hospital discharges during 2006–2016. 1,101 hospitalization records of 764 patients were included in the study. Results In the study group of first-time hospitalized patients, the mean and median ages were 68.1 and 69 years, respectively; CI: 67.3–68.9; SD: 11.1, min-max:16–99 years. In this group, significant gender differences were observed (560 males vs. 204 female; P |
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