title: [Diagnosis and management of occupational asthma in the American College of Chest Physicians statement].
abstract: Occupational asthma is one of the most common work-related respiratory conditions and causes considerable morbidity and impairment of quality of life. In the general population, the occupations that contribute to asthma are concentrated in the construction industry, metal, plastic and rubber work, printing and industrial cleaning. The magnitude of the attributable risk of occupational asthma is estimate between 4 to 58% among all cases of asthma. The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Consensus 2007 statement proposed to reveal how the practicing pulmonologist can know whether someone is exposed to an asthma inducer at work and how is it better to manage the diagnosis and control this disease. This current statement updates the first 1995 consensus of ACCP about professional asthma, including relevant to preventive measures and work exacerbated asthma.
authors.affiliation: Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea Ovidius Constanţa, Dep. Pneumoftiziologie. arghir_oana@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Oana Cristina
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Arghir
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Constandina
authors.forename: Agripina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raşcu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents