Environmental home inspection services in Western Europe

Charpin, D.; Baden, Ralph; Bex, Valérie; Bladt, Sandrine; Charpin-Kadouch, C.; Keimeul, Catherine; Mata, Pedro da; Blay, F. De; Kuske, Martyna; Moullec, Yvon Le; Nicolas, Alain; Ott, M.; Marc, Roger; Speyer, Chrisbelle; Vervloët, D.; Squinazi, Fabien

doi:10.1007/s12199-010-0171-0

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“…It is important to stress out that pediatric exposure-related diseases is certainly under-estimated as the diagnosis is less often discussed than in adults [35,36]. Indeed, pediatricians and other child health care providers do not usually have the expertise necessary to retrace an environmental history that has to take into account the home environment but also the day-care, playgrounds, hobbies of the pediatric patient [37].…”

Section: Ild Related To Exposure/environment Insultsmentioning

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Chronic interstitial lung diseases in children: diagnosis approaches

Nathan

Berdah

Borensztajn

et al. 2018

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

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Section: Ild Related To Exposure/environment Insultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chronic interstitial lung diseases in children: diagnosis approaches

Nathan

Berdah

Borensztajn

et al. 2018

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

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“…On the other hand, various attempts have been made to improve human health by modifying indoor air environments. For example, efforts have been devoted to increasing air tightness and thermal insulation properties to avoid marked changes between rooms [7][8][9][10]. Additionally, antifungal measures are also important since a variety of fungi can cause health problems such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other allergic diseases [11,12].…”

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Trials for Health Promotion by Indoor Environment Modifications

Lee¹,

Kumagao-Takei²,

Yoshitome³

et al. 2019

Indoor Environment and Health

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Two attempts to address health issues by indoor environment modifications are introduced. One approach involves enhancement of natural killer cell activity by negatively charged particle dominant indoor air conditions (NCPDIAC) resulting from extra-porous charcoal paint and application of an electric voltage on the wall surface to adsorb positively charged small particles (approx. 20 nm in diameter). This apparatus creates relatively continuous NCPDIAC. The other approach involves prevention of pollen allergy symptoms by a cloth containing specific ore powder (CCSNOP). With the former approach, we engaged in shortterm (2.5 hour), middle-term (2 W night stay), and long-term (3 M) stays under NCPDIAC and found that IL-2 levels increased under short-term stays and that natural killer cell activity was enhanced in middle-and long-term stay experiments. Implementation of this strategy may partially prevent the occurrence of cancers and viral-mediated diseases. With the latter approach, a 1-hour stay within a CCSNOP room resulted in improvement of symptoms in patients with pollen allergies in addition to a reduction in bad moods caused by any remaining symptoms. In both cases, longer-term experiments should be performed in an effort to confirm and delineate the biological effects of these indoor environment modifications on human health problems.

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Interstitial lung diseases in children

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Interstitial lung disease (ILD) in infants and children comprises a large spectrum of rare respiratory disorders that are mostly chronic and associated with high morbidity and mortality. These disorders are characterized by inflammatory and fibrotic changes that affect alveolar walls. Typical features of ILD include dyspnea, diffuse infiltrates on chest radiographs, and abnormal pulmonary function tests with restrictive ventilatory defect and/or impaired gas exchange. Many pathological situations can impair gas exchange and, therefore, may contribute to progressive lung damage and ILD. Consequently, diagnosis approach needs to be structured with a clinical evaluation requiring a careful history paying attention to exposures and systemic diseases. Several classifications for ILD have been proposed but none is entirely satisfactory especially in children. The present article reviews current concepts of pathophysiological mechanisms, etiology and diagnostic approaches, as well as therapeutic strategies. The following diagnostic grouping is used to discuss the various causes of pediatric ILD: 1) exposure-related ILD; 2) systemic disease-associated ILD; 3) alveolar structure disorder-associated ILD; and 4) ILD specific to infancy. Therapeutic options include mainly anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and/or anti-fibrotic drugs. The outcome is highly variable with a mortality rate around 15%. An overall favorable response to corticosteroid therapy is observed in around 50% of cases, often associated with sequelae such as limited exercise tolerance or the need for long-term oxygen therapy.

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Environmental home inspection services in Western Europe

Cited by 10 publications

References 20 publications

Chronic interstitial lung diseases in children: diagnosis approaches

Chronic interstitial lung diseases in children: diagnosis approaches

Trials for Health Promotion by Indoor Environment Modifications

Interstitial lung diseases in children

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