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Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease
Downstate > MS2 Respiratory Block > Occupational and Environmental Hazards
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Medical
Graduate
02/10/2011

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bronchiolitis obliterans occurs in what occupation?
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popcorn worker's
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persistent cough post-exposure to site, respiratory symptoms, required medical leave >4wks = diagnostic criteria for...
Definition
WTC lung disease
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#2 cause of lung cancer
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radon
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coal worker's pneumoconiosis presents with [restrictive/obstructive] disease
Definition
restrictive
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asbestosis presents with [restrictive/obstructive] disease
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restrictive
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black lung disease, large nodular lesions and cavitations; dx?
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coal worker's pneumoconiosis
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calcified plaques on lower lobes and pleura; dx?
Definition
asbestosis
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what type of asbestos is most commonly linked to disease?
Definition
crocidolite (amphibole)
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eggshell calcifications in upper lobes; dx?
Definition
silicosis (or pneumoconiosis)
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presentation of silicosis
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after many years of exposure, miner presents with constitutional symptoms and irreversible depressed lung function (mixed PFTs); eggshell calcifications on upper lobes, PMF
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PMF is a complication of what diseases
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silicosis and coal worker's pneumoconioses
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IgE response to an allergen, can be low or high molecular weight
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occupational asthma
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dual response; dx?
Definition
WRA
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farmer presents with constitutional symptoms hours after exposure; dx?
Definition
hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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HRCT: honeycombing, bronchiectasis; dx?
Definition
hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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metals, mercury, resins, plastics --> risk of?
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fumes -> flu-like illness and long term consequences
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Cl2, O3, NO, NH3, S3O
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irritants
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how do irritants cause disease?
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react with water in mucous membranes to form a toxic compound and elicit an immune reaction
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CO, CO2, CN, CH4, H2S
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asphyxiators
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thermophilic fungi cause what disease?
Definition
hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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what environmental hazard increases risk for TB
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silicosis
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