Radiological appearance of coal mine dust lung diseases in Australian workers

McBean, Rhiannon; Newbigin, Katrina; Dickinson, Shannan; Edwards, Robert

doi:10.1111/1754-9485.12821

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“…(1) Diagnosis of coal mine dust lung disease: In this study, coal mine dust lung disease refers to a range of lung diseases caused by long-term exposure to coal mine dust, including pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, silicosis, dust-related diffuse fibrosis (DDF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ( 14 , 15 ). Pulmonary imaging is performed on coal miners using Siemens Somatom Definition AS 64-row 128-slice spiral CT, United Imaging UCT580 40-row 40-slice spiral CT, United Imaging UDR770 and UDR260 digital radiographs, and all imaging diagnoses of coal mine dust lung disease are made by two or more qualified imaging physicians.…”

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Association of coal mine dust lung disease with Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners: A retrospective observational study in China

Zhao

Zhang

Ren³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundCoal dust is a major risk factor for the occupational health of coal miners, and underground workers with coal mine dust lung disease (Coal miners with coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD) may have a higher risk of developing Nodular thyroid disease (NTD). The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between coal mine dust lung disease and the development of Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners.MethodsThis was a clinical retrospective observational study that included 955 male coal miners from 31 different coal mining companies in Huainan, Anhui Province, China, who were examined in April 2021 at the Huainan Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Hospital to collect all their clinical physical examination data, including general conditions, laboratory test indices and imaging indices. Based on the presence or absence of Nodular thyroid disease, 429 cases with Nodular thyroid disease were classified as the diseased group and 526 cases without Nodular thyroid disease were classified as the control group. Logistic regression was used to analyse the correlation between the occurrence of Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners, and further single- and multi-factor logistic regression was used to screen the risk exposure factors for Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners.ResultsAge, coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD), red blood cells (RBC), mean red blood cell volume (MCV), albumin (ALB), albumin/globulin (A/G), indirect bilirubin (IBIL), globulin (GLOB), total bilirubin (TBil) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) were associated with the development of Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners (p < 0.05) The results of univariate and multifactorial logistic regression analysis showed that CMDLD (OR:4.5,95%CI:2.79–7.51) had the highest OR and CMDLD was the strongest independent risk exposure factor for the development of Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners.ConclusionsThere is a strong correlation between coal mine dust lung disease and Nodular thyroid disease in underground coal miners, and clinicians need to be highly aware of the high risk of NTD in coal miners with CMDLD and adopt individualized clinical prevention strategies.

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Section: Diagnostic Criteriamentioning

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Association of coal mine dust lung disease with Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners: A retrospective observational study in China

Zhao

Zhang

Ren³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…This was an important reference for the Australian medical and coal mining industry as it explained the not only the visual aspects of how each of the diseases present, but added to the literature on HRCT, which at the time of their paper was sparse, as traditional chest X-rays had been the most common tool for distinguishing CWP. 46 McBean, Tatkovic, Edwards and Newbigin then undertook a case series in 2015 after pneumoconiosis re-emergence in the Queensland coal mining industry to understand the radiological presentation of CMDLD for accurate diagnosis. 47 They viewed chest radiographs and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), they classified the radiological findings with the International labor organization (ILO) classification system and the HRCT with the international classification of HRCT for occupational and environmental respiratory diseases (ICOERD).…”

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Prevalence of respiratory disease in the population of Queensland communities in proximity to coal mines and coal mining activities

Karatela

Caruana

Paul

2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Air quality related to respiratory illness is examined in many settings, including populations that work or reside close to sources of pollution. Industry produced pollution from mining and metal manufacturing, natural environmental pollution as in the case of bushfires and large-scale dust storms are examples. We reviewed any available literature and data concerning the Queensland coal industry and its effect on respiratory health of miners, mining related workers and communities in proximity to coal mines. We searched various databases using keywords related to coal and respiratory diseases, using the five step criteria defined by Denyer and Tranfield. In the Queensland coal mining industry, the negative effect of mining on workers’ respiratory health has been known for many years and has received increased attention in the last five years both nationally and internationally due to the resurgence in Coal Mine Dust Lung Diseases and specifically Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP). A Queensland parliamentary review has prompted regulatory amendments for the permitted (occupational) exposure level (PEL; OEL) to coal dust and silica; amendments have also been enacted for better occupational respiratory health surveillance of Queensland coal miners, both surface and underground. Considering Queensland has a high proportion of Australian coal mines, the literature available on respiratory health in Queensland coal mines and surrounding communities is minimal. There is very limited research into, and possible underreporting of CMDLD amongst the coal mining workers in Queensland. Further studies are required to better understand air pollution and health effects in coal miners in Queensland.

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Dispersion and migration characteristics of multisource respirable dust in development panels during tunnelling processes

Qiao,

Roberts,

Ren

et al. 2024

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

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Radiological appearance of coal mine dust lung diseases in Australian workers

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References 12 publications

Association of coal mine dust lung disease with Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners: A retrospective observational study in China

Association of coal mine dust lung disease with Nodular thyroid disease in coal miners: A retrospective observational study in China

Prevalence of respiratory disease in the population of Queensland communities in proximity to coal mines and coal mining activities

Dispersion and migration characteristics of multisource respirable dust in development panels during tunnelling processes

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