title: Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome: two case reports.
abstract: Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS) is a type of asthma that develops in subjects without prior pulmonary disease, following single or multiple exposure to high levels of nonimmunogenic irritants. The main difference from classic occupational asthma is the absence of a latency period. Non-specific bronchial hyperresponsiveness is characteristic of the disease and usually persists after cessation of exposure. We report the cases of two subjects in whom RADS developed after occupational exposure to irritants.
authors.affiliation: Allergology Section, Virgen del Camino Hospital, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Tabar
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Acero
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Olaguíbel
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quirce
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007509:Irritants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure
chemical_list: D007509:Irritants