Professional paper
Standardizing diagnostic criteria for assessment of asbestos-related occupational disease of the lung and lung parenchyma
Mirjana Vujović
; Dom zdravlja Ploče, Ploče, Hrvatska
Abstract
A reliable method for evaluation of asbestos-related non-malignant respiratory impairment as occupational disease is described. The method is based on an algorithm which consists of the following elements: a positive full work history, chest radiography (International Labour Organisation), ventilatory lung function measurement, determination of diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, histopathological examination, computerized tomography, and high resolution computerized tomography for persons with a negative differential diagnosis. The algorithm is meant to contribute to the standardization of diagnostic criteria for assessment of occupational lung diseases. Its use is also proposed for assessment of other occupational diseases.
Keywords
asbestos exposure; occupational exposure; pleural asbestosis; pulmonary asbestosis
Hrčak ID:
145239
URI
Publication date:
16.4.1996.
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