Irritative Vocal Cord Dysfunction

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University. College of Human Medicine
• Description:
  It is a well known medical adage that "all that wheezes is not asthma". Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is one of the entities that needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis when evaluating a patient with possible work-related asthma after irritant exposure. Two review articles in 2010 summarize the multiple causes, diagnosis and treatment of vocal cord dysfunction. See Table 1. Case reports and a case control study of work-related irritative VCD have reported that VCD and work-related asthma, particularly Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS) may have similar presentations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma, Occupational Diagnosis Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Diagnostic Techniques Medical Treatment Occupational Asthma Occupational Exposure Respiratory Diseases Surveillance
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054547
• Citation:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News 2010 Dec; 22(1):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  MSU-CHM, 117 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217075/cdc_217075_DS1.pdf
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