The management of work-related asthma guidelines: a broader perspective

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• Personal Author:
  Aasen TB ; Baur X ; Burge PS ; Heederik D ; Henneberger, Paul K. ; Maestrelli P ; Schlunssen V ; Vandenplas O ; Wilden D
• Description:
  The aim of the European Respiratory Society work-related asthma guidelines is to present the management and prevention options of work-related asthma and their effectiveness. Work-related asthma accounts for 5-25% of all adult asthma cases and is responsible for a significant socioeconomic burden. Several hundred occupational agents, mainly allergens but also irritants and substances with unknown pathological mechanisms, have been identified as causing work-related asthma. The essential message of these guidelines is that the management of work-related asthma can be considerably optimised based on the present knowledge of causes, risk factors, pathomechanisms, and realistic and effective interventions. To reach this goal we urgently require greatly intensified primary preventive measures and improved case management. There is now a substantial body of evidence supporting the implementation of comprehensive medical surveillance programmes for workers at risk. Those workers who fail surveillance programmes need to be referred to a clinician who can confirm or exclude an occupational cause. Once work-related asthma is confirmed, a revised risk assessment in the workplace is needed to prevent further cases. These new guidelines confirm and extend already existing statements and recommendations. We hope that these guidelines will initiate the much-needed research that is required to fill the gaps in our knowledge and to initiate substantial improvements in preventative measures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Lung Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Agents Compensation Diseases Etiology Exposure-levels Impact Legal Adjudication Occupational-diseases Occupational Asthma Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiration Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Socioeconomic Surveillance-programs Work-environment

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• ISSN:
  0905-9180
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  125-139
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  124
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040921
• Citation:
  Eur Respir Rev 2012 Jun; 21(124):125-139
• Contact Point Address:
  Xaver Baur, Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Seewartenstrasse 10, 20459 Hamburg, Germany
• Email:
  baur@uke.de
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  European Respiratory Review
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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