American College of Chest Physicians issues consensus statement on diagnosing and treating work-related asthma

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• Personal Author:
  Pechter E
• Description:
  This issue of the Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin provides a summary of the recently published consensus statement on work-related asthma (WRA) by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). The statement was published as a supplement to the September 2008 issue of CHEST. Physicians should ask all adults with new onset or worsening asthma about their work, according to a recent publication by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). ACCP convened an expert panel, including 17 occupational medicine physicians, allergists, and pulmonologists. After a rigorous review of evidence based practice, they issued a consensus statement in September 2008, noting that up to 25% of adult asthmatic patients may have work-related asthma. It is estimated that 10-15% of new onset adult asthma is initiated by workplace exposures - and another 10% of adults with pre-existing asthma have work-aggravated asthma. They noted that adults may develop asthma from sensitizers and irritants, naming this de novo asthma occupational asthma (OA). Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Age Factors
  • Asthma
  • Asthma, Occupational
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services
  • Health Personnel
  • Hypersensitivity
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupational Health
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Occupational-health
  • Work-environment
  • Workers
  • Occupational-exposure
  • Respiratory-system-disorders
  • Pulmonary-system-disorders
  • Bronchial-asthma
  • Surveillance-programs
  • Health-hazards
  • Worker-health
  More +
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Colorado ; Connecticut ; Florida ; Illinois ; Massachusetts ; Minnesota ; New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042634
• Citation:
  SENSOR Occup Lung Dis Bull 2008 Dec; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  SENSOR Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194800/cdc_194800_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 41.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:191d7462791a6a1bdecae08b8c99fc17fe3b86dac65096e09cfd70cf61a8d48300c1571e622a1f05a3de99b9fcc3a10c2d60d22b9f823862e0000f2937b94e5f