The World Trade Center Health Program: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Best Practices

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• Personal Author:
  Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Sunderram, Jag ; Udasin, Iris G.
• Description:
  The events of September 11, 2001 exposed nearly half a million community residents and workers engaged in rescue and recovery and clean-up to dust, debris and toxic chemicals, as well as psychologic and physical stressors. Early studies showed an excess of aerodigestive diseases including rhinosinusitis and gastroesophageal reflux. Several studies of World Trade Center (WTC) responders report an excess of obstructive sleep apnea among patients who developed new onset or worsening chronic rhinosinusitis. High quality clinical diagnostic and treatment guidelines are available from The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense. For enrolled members, the WTC program covers diagnostic evaluation and treatment for sleep apnea in members diagnosed with WTC-related upper and lower respiratory disease and gastroesophageal reflux. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Health Promotion Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks Sleep
• Keywords:
  Adults Author Keywords: Occupational Diseases First Responders Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease GERD Health Programs Respiratory Diseases Sleep Apnea Workers World Trade Center WTC

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• ISSN:
  1933-8244
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WTCHP - World Trade Center Health Program
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  78
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067313
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Occup Health 2023 Apr; 78(4):241-243
• Contact Point Address:
  Iris G. Udasin, World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University Biomedical Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, USA
• Email:
  udasin@eohsi.rutgers.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040701
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
• End Date:
  20111230
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7a986e7fb8810f0c2483bba44324c364d9c7c7e301642cf5dc42aab815b3520553306c285ba290a857ab7307deb416a06995f3194f16229cec069f7808859760
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230791/cdc_230791_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 650.35 KB ]