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11386191

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
A retrospective study on occupational rhinitis and asthma diagnosed in 7 occupational health institutes in Lombardia (North-West Italy) was performed using a standardized card. 141 cases of rhinitis and 281 cases of asthma due to sensitization to occupational agents were analyzed and their clinical characteristics, aetiology, diagnostic methods and associated allergic diseases were determined. In this population the most frequent agents of occupational rhinitis were wheat flour and latex, whereas those of occupational asthma were latex and isocyanate. More than half of the subjects had more than one clinical manifestation of allergy. In 92 out of the 281 asthmatic patients rhinitis was the first clinical manifestation, particularly in subjects sensitized to high molecular weight substances, and preceded, asthma by 12 months as a mean. Specific bronchial provocation tests were useful for the diagnosis of asthma in 153 of the asthmatic patients and 45 of them had an isolated late bronchial reaction following the specific stimulus. At diagnosis 61 subjects (21.7%) had FEV1 < 80% of predicted; factors associated to ventilatory impairment were sensitization to high molecular weight substances, duration of exposure to the sensitizing agent, persistence of exposure after onset of symptoms.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1592-7830
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
64-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Respiratory occupational allergies: the experience of the Hospital Operative Unit of Occupational Medicine in Lombardy from 1990 to 1998].
pubmed:affiliation
Servizio di Medicina del Lavoro, Ospedale di Circolo, Desio.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract