Asbestosis
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1. Imaging in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: diagnosis and mimics
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease of unknown etiology that usually has a progressive course and is commonly associated with a poor prognosis. The main symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, including progressive dyspnea and dry cough, are often nonspecific. Chest high-resolution computed tomography is the primary modality used in the ini
Clinics. Publicado em: 04/02/2019
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2. A exposição dos trabalhadores ao risco do amianto avaliada a partir da análise de acórdãos judiciais de 1999 até 2009 / The exposure of workers to asbestos risk assessed from the analysis of judicial decisions from 1999 to 2009
Introdução Trata-se de um estudo descritivo das sentenças de segunda instância do Poder Judiciário que envolva o problema do trabalhador exposto ao risco do amianto como uma questão de saúde pública. Objetivo Avaliar as decisões judiciais a respeito da exposição dos trabalhadores ao risco do amianto como causa de doença do trabalho a partir da an
Publicado em: 2010
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3. Pneumoconioses : casuistica de 25 anos do atendimento ambulatorial do Hospital das Clinicas da Unicamp, de 1978 a 2003, em Campinas (SP)
Os dados brasileiros sobre a epidemiologia das pneumoconioses são limitados; ainda não dispomos de informações suficientes para o dimensionamento desse problema em nosso país. A consolidação dos dados, que permitem avaliar os agravos à saúde e seus fatores intervenientes, é uma ferramenta fundamental para seu controle e a avaliação e para a elabo
Publicado em: 2004
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4. High resolution computed tomographic assessment of asbestosis and cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis: a comparative study.
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the distribution and configuration of lung opacities in patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and asbestosis by high resolution computed tomography. METHODS: Eighteen patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and 24 with asbestosis were studied. Two independent observers assessed the type and dis
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5. Relation between asbestosis and bronchial cancer in amphibole asbestos miners.
In a necropsy series of 339 amphibole asbestos miners heavy smoking, age, and the presence of asbestosis were significantly associated with the presence of bronchial cancer. Of the 35 cases of bronchial cancer, 24 were associated with asbestosis. Eleven cases of bronchial cancer occurred in men without asbestosis; all were smokers. Standardised proportional
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6. High resolution pulmonary computed tomography scans quantified by analysis of density distribution: application to asbestosis.
A new method for quantitative evaluation for high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the lungs was developed by assessment of the distribution of radiological densities within the lung slices. To enable effective reduction of data and improve the sensitivity of detection of abnormalities, the density distributions were analysed by curve fitting through
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7. Serum interferon levels and natural killer cell activity in patients with asbestosis.
Natural killer cell activity and serum interferon levels were measured in 30 patients with asbestosis. The chest radiographs showed type 1 changes (ILO pneumoconiosis classification) in nine, type 2 changes in 19, and type 3 changes in two. Thirty control subjects matched for age, sex, and smoking habit were also studied. Patients with asbestosis had signifi
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8. Correlation between fibre content of the lung and disease in east London asbestos factory workers.
The lungs from 36 past workers at an east London asbestos factory who had died from asbestos related disease were compared with lung tissue from 56 matched control patients being operated on in east London for carcinoma of the lung, correlating the severity of asbestosis and the presence of pulmonary carcinoma or mesothelioma of the pleura or peritoneum with
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9. Correlation between fibre content of the lungs and disease in naval dockyard workers.
In the period 1966-82 lungs from 333 workers who had been employed at a Royal Naval dockyard were referred to the MRC Pneumoconiosis Unit where they were investigated for the severity of asbestosis, the presence of tumours, and an assessment of mineral fibre content and the type and amount of mineral present. The occupational exposure to mineral dust has bee
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10. The importance of lung function, non-malignant diseases associated with asbestos, and symptoms as predictors of ischaemic heart disease in shipyard workers exposed to asbestos.
The mortality from ischaemic heart disease was studied in a prospective cohort of 1725 shipyard workers exposed to asbestos. The analyses were stratified for age and smoking habits and restricted to men. In agreement with other findings, men with impaired lung function had a significantly higher risk (relative risk (RR) = 3.5) of dying from ischaemic heart d
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11. Retention of asbestos fibres in lungs of workers with asbestosis, asbestosis and lung cancer, and mesothelioma in Asbestos township.
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a mineralogical study on the particles retained in the necropsied lungs of a homogenous group of asbestos miners and millers from Asbestos township (and a local reference population) and to consider the hypothesis that there is a difference in size between fibres retained in the lungs of patients with asbestosis with and without lung ca
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12. Abnormal lung function associated with asbestos disease of the pleura, the lung, and both: a comparative analysis.
The impairment of lung function associated with different types of asbestos related disease was examined in 1298 men. The 310 men with circumscribed pleural lesions (plaques) or diffuse pleural thickening without asbestosis were compared with 596 men with asbestosis only and with 322 men with pleural abnormalities and asbestosis, as classified from chest rad