Parkes’ Occupational Lung Disorders

Use of biomarkers to investigate occupational and environmental lung disorders.

Occupational health, cognitive disorders and occupational neuropsychology

Work can be an important etiologic factor in the genesis of some mental disorders including cognitive disability. Occupational neuropsychology constitutes an intriguing new but neglected area of research and clinical practice which deals with the neurocognitive consequences of the work environment and work habits. Neuropsychological knowledge is fundamental to understand cognitive requirements ...

Parkes-Weber syndrome.

The patient was a 21-year-old man with a lifelong history of skin lesions (well-defined port wine stains) on the right thigh, which had exhibited progressive growth, accompanied by pain and ulceration. Physical examination revealed hypertrophy of the right lower extremity and venous varicosities, with an ischemic ulcer in the medial malleolus. There was a palpable thrill and audible murmur in t...

Occupational Lung Diseases

Occupational lung disease.

Despite federally mandated safety standards, occupational lung disease remains one of the most common work-related injuries. Inhaled dust can result in a range of tissue injury in the lung and can lead to significant respiratory insufficiency causing death. Although silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconiosis are becoming less common, hypersensitivity pneumonitis is increasingly recognized as an...