flour dust has been introduced as one of the effective factors in the prevalence of respiratory disorders among the workers of the flour production factories. the purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of this pollutant on the pulmonary functions and survey the prevalence of respiratory symptoms among workers of flour production factories in arak, iran.   exposure to flour dust ...

Three quarters of all critical incidents and a third of all peri-operative cardiac arrests in paediatric anaesthesia are caused by adverse respiratory events. We screened for risk factors from children's and their families' histories, and assessed the usefulness of common markers of allergic sensitisation of the airway as surrogates for airway inflammation and increased risk for adverse respira...

background the exposure to noxious agwents such as lead my cause lung disorders. objectives in the present study, pulmonary function tests and self-reported respiratory symptoms in lead exposure workers were compared with matched control subjects. materials and methods the frequency of respiratory symptoms were evaluated in a sample of 108 lead exposure workers and 100 control subjects with sim...

background: respiratory problem is one of the major health hazards in dust-exposed workers; it is a major cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. objective: to determine the prevalence of respiratory problems and lung function impairment among quarry workers in ebonyi state, nigeria. methods: respiratory problems and lung function were studied in 403 quarry workers aged 10–60 years...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to gain insight into the incidence rates for, distribution of, and risk factors of postoperative cardiovascular and respiratory complications in major head and neck surgery. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of 469 patients who had undergone primary major head and neck surgery. Outcome measures were incidence rates, risk factors, and distribution over time for...

abstract background: this study sought to determine patient characteristics, process of care, and outcome as predictors of reintubation after open-heart surgery. methods: we performed a retrospective case control study that included all patients undergoing cardiac surgery who required reintubation and an equal number of control patients not requiring reintubation. putative risk factors were ana...