silicosis is considered to be among the occupational lung diseases and associated with sandblasting, mining, quarrying and tunneling. acute silicosis is usually progressive diseaseand despite treatment with corticosteroids it leads to cardio-respiratory failure and death. alveolar silicoproteinosis is one of it’s acute presentations due to exposure to silica dust and lungs filling with proteina...

The current situation in terms of labor safety the country are directly reflected process stable development state. It is significantly connected to maintaining skilled and strong working population state, establishing preserving a safe investment environment, which makes this field most important one for national security country. National Center Tuberculosis Lung Diseases trying create improv...

background: in many cases of ild (interstitial lung disease), overlap diagnosis is considered. here, a few cases with diagnosis of a variety of ilds, where eventual open lung biopsy has been performed are selected. reference will be made to reliable sources to show that nsip can still be a variant of uip (usual interstitial pneumonia) with better treatment response and prognosis. case presentat...

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India being a developing nation is faced with traditional public health problems like communicable diseases, malnutrition, poor environmental sanitation and inadequate medical care. However, globalization and rapid industrial growth in the last few years has resulted in emergence of occupational health related issues. Agriculture (cultivators i.e. land owners + agriculture labourers) is the mai...

Pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to free silica may be the commonest, best known and most extensively studied of all occupational diseases of lung. The silicosis problem is much more severe in the small and cottage type of industry where not only it is considered as an occupational health problem but also because of the location of these units in the residential areas it poses threat to t...

Imaging of occupational lung disease, often perceived as a static discipline, continues to evolve with changes in industry and imaging technology. The challenge of accurately identifying an occupational exposure as the cause of lung disease demands a team approach, requiring integration of imaging features with exposure type, time course, and severity. Increasing use of computed tomography has ...

Pulmonary function testing and questionnaires are valuable tools in epidemiologic studies of occupational lung disease. Accurate equipment and standardized methodology are vital to obtain reproducible responses. For spirometry, the FVC and FEV show the least intrasubject variability and on questionnaires, occupational and smoking history are more reproducible than symptoms. The limitations of ...