title: [Evaluation of the effectiveness of medical prophylactic procedures applied to workers in ports].
abstract: The purpose of the study is an evaluation of the effectiveness of the introduced medical prophylactic procedures among workers employed in zone of pollution with inorganic dusts. Medical and laryngological examinations were done several times in 125 workers of the Maritime Merchant Haven in Gdańsk overloading phosphates, apatites, and crystalline sulphur compounds. In all studied patients systematic procedures were applied of rinsing the nasal and oral cavities with normal saline. A protective gel and also mucolytic drugs, among others Mistabron, were applied intranasally. Toxicological examinations were done of the nasal cavity washings with measurement of the quantity of phosphorus in cm3 before and after rinsing. The phosphorus concentration before the hydrotherapy procedure was X = 12.7 Ug/cm3, and X = 0.65 Ug/cm3 after the procedure. After using of prophylactic measures for two years, a reduction was achieved of the number of workers with respiratory tract diseases by 60% in the Sulphur Overloading Division, and by 34.2% in the Raw Phosphate Fertilizers Overloading Division.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Płuci i Gruźlicy Ak. Med. w Gańsku.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolska-Goszka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubaniewicz
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009326:Naval Medicine; D011044:Poland; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust; D015386:Hazardous Substances
vernacular_title: Ocena skuteczności lekarskich zabiegów profilaktycznych stosowanych u pracowników portowych.