Occupational Asthma Reference

Vellore AD, Drought VJ, Tunnicliffe B, Moore VC, Robertson AS, Burge PS, Occupational Asthma and allergy to sevoflurane and isoflurane in Anaesthetic staff, Eur Respir J Suppl, 2006;28:245s,

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Sherwood Burge	Vicki Drought	Vicky Moore	Alastair Robertson	Arun Dev Vellore
Bill Tunnicliffe

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Abstract

Isoflurane has caused contact dermatitis in an anaesthetist and dermatitis is common in anaesthetic workers. We report three cases (anaesthetic assistants or nurses) diagnosed with occupational asthma, work-related angioedema or dermatitis to isoflurane and sevoflurane who underwent specific bronchial provocation testing.

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Evidence table:


			Sevoflurane and isoflurane cause occupational asthma in healthcare workers (new cause)

7/25/2008

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