Background: Firefighters are often exposed to high temperatures and by-products of combustion, which can compromise their health. We aimed evaluate the effect fire exposure in simulators on airways firefighters at different time-points. Methodology: Thirty-seven male were evaluated three phases: pre-exposure, end first week, 4 weeks after. Pulmonary function by spirometry, nasal mucociliary cle...

Here we make the hypothesis that the determination of the concentration of lung specific secretory proteins in serum or pneumoproteinaemia could be used in the evaluation of lung disorders with a similar utility as proteinuria in kidney diseases involving the glomeruli. Human and experimental data indicate that comparable structural and functional features govern the passage of proteins across ...