title: Respiratory symptoms.
abstract: Workers with breathlessness or other respiratory symptoms warrant lung function testing with spirometry, which identifies the lung as the cause of the symptoms and separates obstructive lung diseases (mainly asthma and COPD) from restrictive disease (e.g., alveolitis). Occupational health departments should have quality control audits in place for lung function testing. A surveillance questionnaire suitable for use by a responsible person is described.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Lung Disease Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D003371:Cough; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D044469:Racial Groups; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013147:Spirometry; D014797:Vital Capacity