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ACCP guidelines for occupational asthma

 ACCP guidelines for occupational asthma

The Americal Colege of Chest Physicians has updated in consensus statements on occupational asthma. There is discussion about work-exacerbated asthma where the occupational exposure is not the cause of the asthma but the asthma gets worse at work.

They have defined work exacerbated asthma as asthma triggered by various work-related factors (eg, aeroallergens, irritants, or exercise) in workers who are known to have preexisting or concurrent asthma (ie, asthma that is occurring at the same time but is not caused by workplace exposures). Some differentiate between WEA and work-aggravated asthma, based on whether the worker returns to a prior asthma baseline (WEA) or not (work-aggravated asthma); but, this distinction is not widely accepted, and this Consensus Document will use the term WEA

References

Full Text Available for Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement Tarlo SM, Balmes J, Balkissoon R, Beach J, Beckett W, Bernstein D, Blanc PD, Brooks SM, Cowl CT, Daroowalla F, Harber P, Lemiere C, Liss GM, Pacheco KA, Redlich CA, Rowe B, Heitzer J, Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement, Chest, 2008;134:1S-41S,
Stuart Brooks, University of South Florida, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' Bill Beckett, University of Rochester, NY, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' Carrie Redlich, Yale University, Newhaven Connecticut, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' Jeremy Beach, University of Alberta, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' David Bernstein, Cincinatti, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' Garry Liss, Toronto, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' Catherine Lemière, Hôpital de Sacré Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' Susan Tarlo, Toronto, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' Paul Blanc, University of California San Francisco, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement' Karin Pacheco, Denver, an author of 'Work-Related Asthma American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement'

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