Allergy and Lung Injury Among Rescue Workers Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster Assessed 17 Years After Exposure to Ground Zero.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2020
08 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
15
5
2020
medline:
5
8
2021
entrez:
15
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Investigate the following in rescue and cleanup workers exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster 17 years post-fallout: (1) allergic hypersensitivity; (2) spirometry; (3) impulse oscillometry; and (4) the reversibility of airway hyperresponsiveness and distal airways narrowing pre- and post-bronchodilator. In subjects (n = 54) referred to our clinic from the WTC Health Program for management of allergy-immunology services, environmental allergy testing, impulse oscillometry (IOS), and spirometry results were retrospectively reviewed to determine the long-term impact of exposure to the WTC fallout. Rescue and cleanup workers exposed to the WTC fallout had a high incidence of allergic hypersensitivity and had evidence of permanent small airways dysfunction characterized by distal airways narrowing and airway hyperresponsiveness. Following exposure to the WTC disaster, the patients in our cohort developed allergic hypersensitivity and severe lung injury with only partial reversibility.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32404837
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001903
pii: 00043764-202008000-00015
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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