Medical examination for asbestos-related disease

Levin, S. M.; Kann, P. Elizabeth; Lax, Michael B.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200001)37:1<6::aid-ajim3>3.0.co;2-h

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“…HRCT should be decisive in cases where the chest radiograph is ambiguous (Hering et al 2004). Ideally, whilst using HRCT, lung regions and the pleura can be easily evaluated whilst in radiographs, due to overshadowing, they can only be assessed with difficulties (Levin et al 2000). Furthermore, HRCT scans allow for small differences in tissue density to be detected and quantified.…”

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Inter-reader variability in chest radiography and HRCT for the early detection of asbestos-related lung and pleural abnormalities in a cohort of 636 asbestos-exposed subjects

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Raithel

et al. 2009

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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High resolution computed tomography scans are superior to X-rays in detecting lung alterations after asbestos exposure and are supposedly easier to interpret. Nevertheless, inter-observer variability did not differ between the two methods in this study. This was probably due to the only discrete asbestos-related lung or pleura alterations of this cohort and to the unfamiliar CT classification sheet, which was revised on the basis of the presented results.

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Inter-reader variability in chest radiography and HRCT for the early detection of asbestos-related lung and pleural abnormalities in a cohort of 636 asbestos-exposed subjects

Ochsmann

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Raithel

et al. 2009

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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“…However, in some cases, asbestosis cannot be detected by chest radiography, and high-resonance computerized tomography (HRCT) is helpful for diagnosis in such cases. So, HRCT is recommended for diagnosing asbestosis (11). …”

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Workers' Compensation for Occupational Respiratory Diseases

2014

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The respiratory system is one of the most important body systems particularly from the viewpoint of occupational medicine because it is the major route of occupational exposure. In 2013, there were significant changes in the specific criteria for the recognition of occupational diseases, which were established by the Enforcement Decree of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (IACIA). In this article, the authors deal with the former criteria, implications of the revision, and changes in the specific criteria in Korea by focusing on the 2013 amendment to the IACIA. Before the 2013 amendment to the IACIA, occupational respiratory disease was not a category because the previous criteria were based on specific hazardous agents and their health effects. Workers as well as clinicians were not familiar with the agent-based criteria. To improve these criteria, a system-based structure was added. Through these changes, in the current criteria, 33 types of agents and 11 types of respiratory diseases are listed under diseases of the respiratory system. In the current criteria, there are no concrete guidelines for evaluating work-relatedness, such as estimating the exposure level, latent period, and detailed examination methods. The results of further studies can support the formulation of detailed criteria.Graphical Abstract

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“…They suggest that uncertainty exists because of the relationship between the exposure and the outcome. Berry (1999) and Levin et al (2000) conducted research in humans that indicates chrysotile asbestos fibers, which clear the respiratory tract in months, have less effect than amphibolic asbestos, which clears in years.…”

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