Oasys and Occupational Asthma

This website contains information on Occupational Asthma and a free multi award winning computer program called OASYS, which is used to help diagnose Occupational Asthma from serial peak flow records. Oasys shows further information and downloads for the Oasys program. References is a searchable database of more than 5000 published papers in the field of occupational asthma. Causes shows some of the causes of occupational asthma. The Shield scheme reports some statistics for occupational asthma, mainly in the West midlands region, UK. BOHRF shows the evidence based occupational asthma guidelines for the UK. The interactive Case Histories are a learning resource for interested health professionals. There are also Medics, Specialists, Employers and Worker sections.

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Latest Publications

Abstract Available for Herpes Debi M. Nava, Herpes, Acta Med Szeged Budapest, 1998;65:341,2.14.2026

Full Text Available for Evidence for Environmental–Human Microbiota Transfer at a Manufacturing Facility with Novel Work-related Respiratory Disease Wu BG, Kapoor B, Cummings KJ, Stanton ML, Nett RJ, Kreiss K, Abraham JL, Colby TV, Franko AD, Green FHY, Sanyal S, Clemente JC, Gao Z, Coffre M, Meyn P, Heguy A, Li Y, Sulaiman I, Borbet TC, Koralov SBKB, Tallaksen RJ, Wendland D, Bachelder VD, Boylstein RJ, Park J, Cox-Ganser JM, Virji MA, Crawford JA, Edwards NT, Veillette M, Duchaine C, Warren K, Lundeen S, Blaser MJBJ, and Segal LNSN, Evidence for Environmental–Human Microbiota Transfer at a Manufacturing Facility with Novel Work-related Respiratory Disease, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2020;202:1678–1688,https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202001-0197OC
Kay Kreiss, NIOSH, Morgantown USA, an author of 'Evidence for Environmental–Human Microbiota Transfer at a Manufacturing Facility with Novel Work-related Respiratory Disease'

Abstract Available for Occupational asthma due to colophony in a violin player Hanon S, Rongé R, Potvin M, Schuermans D, Vincken W, Occupational asthma due to colophony in a violin player, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 2014;2:624-625,

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The Website

This website is run by the Oasys research group, part of the Midland Thoracic Society, UK. We are an independent group of clinicians and researchers, and run a clinical service for workers with occupational lung disease as part of the British National Health Service. We have developed the Oasys program to help ourselves and others in the diagnosis of occupational asthma. We have no specific funding, relying on research grants and the enthusiasm of our group. The website is written by Cedd Burge, who receives some funding from the group. The group meets every Friday evening after the occupational lung disease clinic, as shown below.



As a casual user of this site (without logging in or registering) you can view all the information and use all the contact pages. Registered and logged in users (registering is free and we won't abuse your email) can download and use the Oasys program, ask and reply to questions in the forums, leave comments, add new references, add abstracts and full text links to existing references, answer questions in the case histories and provide evidence and suggest questions for future evidence based guidelines.

If you would like to be added to the list of known authors or collaborators then please register with the website (if you have not already done so) and then get in touch from the contact page. Once we have set the page up you will be able to edit it yourself and indicate which references you have written. Your picture will then be displayed along with each of these references. If you are already in these lists and would like to edit your page then please register with the website and then get in touch from the contact page.

Funding

Recent research grants / contracts have been received from the following.

The Oasys Team

Wasif Anees, Oasys Anees, Wasif (Oasys)
John Belcher, Oasys Belcher, John (Oasys)
Phil Bright, Oasys Bright, Phil (Oasys)
Cedd Burge, Oasys Burge, Cedd (Oasys)
Geraldine Burge, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Burge, Geraldine (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital)
Sherwood Burge, Oasys Burge, Sherwood (Oasys)
Celia Catton, Oasys Catton, Celia (Oasys)
Vicki Drought, Oasys Drought, Vicki (Oasys)
Angela Evans, ARTP Evans, Angela (ARTP)
Paul Gannon, Dupont Gannon, Paul (Dupont)
Mike Hendy, Oasys Hendy, Mike (Oasys)
Chris Huntley, University Hospitals Birmingham Huntley, Chris (University Hospitals Birmingham)
John Jackson, Jackson Hocking Limited, UK Jackson, John (Jackson Hocking Limited, UK)
Sarah Manney, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Manney, Sarah (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital)
Jennifer McCoach (now Croft), Oasys McCoach (now Croft), Jennifer (Oasys)
Emmet McGrath, Oasys McGrath, Emmet (Oasys)
David Miedinger, Lucern, Basel and Montreal Miedinger, David (Lucern, Basel and Montreal)
Vicky Moore, Oasys Moore, Vicky (Oasys)
Darren Newton, Oasys Newton, Darren (Oasys)
Charles Pantin, Keele, UK Pantin, Charles (Keele, UK)
Edward Parkes, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Parkes, Edward (Birmingham Heartlands Hospital)
Alastair Robertson, Selly Oak Hospital Robertson, Alastair (Selly Oak Hospital)
Arun Dev Vellore, Oasys Vellore, Arun Dev (Oasys)
Gareth Walters, Heartlands Walters, Gareth (Heartlands)
David Weir, North Manchester Hospital Weir, David (North Manchester Hospital)

Collaborators

Kay Kreiss, NIOSH, Morgantown USA Kreiss, Kay (NIOSH, Morgantown USA)
Carl Reynolds, Royal Brompton Hospital Reynolds, Carl (Royal Brompton Hospital)
Jo Feary, Royal Brompton Hospital Feary, Jo (Royal Brompton Hospital)
Joanna Szram, Royal Brompton Hospital Szram, Joanna (Royal Brompton Hospital)
Melanie Carder, COEH Manchester Carder, Melanie (COEH Manchester)
David Fishwick, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK Fishwick, David (Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK)
Xaver Baur, Institute of occupational medicine, Hamburg Baur, Xaver (Institute of occupational medicine, Hamburg)
Tony Newman Taylor, Royal Brompton Hospital, London Newman Taylor, Tony (Royal Brompton Hospital, London)
Josep Antó, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Antó, Josep (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
Ferran Morell, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona Morell, Ferran (Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona)

Known Authors

Martie van Tongeren, Manchester University van Tongeren, Martie (Manchester University)
Monika Raulf-Heimsoth, Bochum Raulf-Heimsoth, Monika (Bochum)
David Bernstein, Cincinatti Bernstein, David (Cincinatti)
Mark Swanson, Swanson, Mark ()
Peter Burney, Kings College, London Burney, Peter (Kings College, London)
David Prezant, Albert Einstein College, New York Prezant, David (Albert Einstein College, New York)
Orianne Dumas, Villejuif, France Dumas, Orianne (Villejuif, France)
Alexandra Preisser, Hamburg Preisser, Alexandra (Hamburg)
Rolf Merget, Bochum Merget, Rolf (Bochum)
Nicola Cherry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Cherry, Nicola (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

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