Occupational Asthma Reference
|
Kruszewski J, Raczka A,
Allergen-specific IgG-4 in patients with atopic diseases of the respiratory tract,
Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis,
1994;41:115-119,
|
|
|
Keywords: oa, baker, flour, ep, cross sectional, IgG4
Known Authors
If you would like to become a known author and have your picture displayed along with your papers then please get in touch from the contact page. Known authors can choose to receive emails when their papers receive comments.
Abstract
Respiratory symptoms and ventilatory capacity were studied in 259 female confectionary workers and in 65 non-exposed controls. Most of the chronic respiratory symptoms appeared more frequently among the exposed workers, particularly if they worked in exposure to flour, talc, starch, acids and alcohol. There was a high prevalence of acute symptoms that developed during work shift. This was true especially of cough, dyspnea, burning and dryness of the throat and eye irritation. The exposed workers exhibited statistically significant acute reductions of ventilatory capacity. Those were particularly pronounced for FEF50 (range: 4.6-13.0%) and FEF25 (range: 4.7-22.3%). The measured preshift values of ventilatory capacity were significantly lower than the predicted normal values. The administration of disodium chromoglycate (DSCG 40 mg) significantly diminished mean across-shift reductions in all ventilatory capacity tests. Data suggest that sensitive confectionery workers may develop acute and chronic respiratory symptoms accompanied by acute and/or chronic changes in ventilatory capacity
Full Text
Full text of this reference not available
Please Log In or Register to add the full text to this reference
Comments
Please sign in or register to add your thoughts.