Airway Disease in Rescue/Recovery Workers: Recent Findings from the World Trade Center Collapse.
OBJECTIVE
Our goal is to summarize the airway disease literature since September 11, 2001 (9/11), focusing on studies published since 2011 in World Trade Center-exposed rescue/recovery workers.


RESULTS
Since 2011, studies have confirmed relationships between initial World Trade Center exposure intensity, severity of symptoms, airway disease diagnoses, and biomarkers of disease progression. Studies continue to document ongoing morbidity in rescue/recovery workers over 10 years after 9/11. Future research should further identify correlates of symptom persistence and new airway disease diagnoses. The unique characteristics of the airway diseases in this population warrant ongoing monitoring and treatment.
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 E 210th St, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.
Krystal L
KL
Cleven
Fire Department of the City of New York, Bureau of Health Services, 9 Metrotech Center, 5E61K, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA.|Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
Mayris P
MP
Webber
Fire Department of the City of New York, Bureau of Health Services, 9 Metrotech Center, 5E61K, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA. rachel.zeig-owens@fdny.nyc.gov.|Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA. rachel.zeig-owens@fdny.nyc.gov.
Rachel
R
Zeig-Owens
New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.|Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Kerry M
KM
Hena
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 E 210th St, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.|Fire Department of the City of New York, Bureau of Health Services, 9 Metrotech Center, 5E61K, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, USA.
David J
DJ
Prezant
D059366:Asthma, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D018635:Rescue Work; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks
9/11; Asthma; Obstructive airway disease; Occupational diseases; World Trade Center