Standards of care for occupational asthma: an update. Issue 3 (9th December 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fishwick, David; Barber, Christopher Michael; Bradshaw, Lisa M; Ayres, Jon G; Barraclough, Richard; Burge, Sherwood; Corne, Jonathan M; Cullinan, Paul; Frank, Timothy Laszlo; Hendrick, David; Hoyle, Jennifer; Curran, Andrew D; Niven, Robert; Pickering, Tony; Reid, Peter; Robertson, Alastair; Stenton, Chris; Warburton, Christopher J; Nicholson, Paul J
• Is Part Of: Thorax. Volume 67:Issue 3(2012)
• Page Start: 278
• Page End: 280
• Publication Date: 2011-12-09
• Subjects: Asthma -- occupation -- rhinitis -- allergy -- workplace -- allergic lung disease -- asbestos-induced lung disease -- asthma epidemiology -- asthma guidelines -- clinical epidemiology -- COPD epidemiology -- occupational lung disease -- allergic alveolitis -- cough/mechanisms/pharmacology -- exhaled airway markers -- aspergillus lung disease -- COPD exacerbations -- COPD pharmacology -- emphysema -- mesothelioma -- paediatric asthma -- allergic alveolitis -- bronchoscopy -- pleural disease -- interstitial fibrosis -- lung cancer -- lung physiology -- non-small cell lung cancer -- perception of asthma/breathlessness -- respiratory measurement; Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Thorax; Chest -- Diseases; Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.54
• DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200755
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-6376

Abstract

Abstract : Background: The British Thoracic Society (BTS) Standards of Care (SoC) Committee produced a standard of care for occupational asthma (OA) in 2008, based on a systematic evidence review performed in 2004 by the British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF). Methods: BOHRF updated the evidence base from 2004–2009 in 2010. Results: This article summarises the changes in evidence and is aimed at physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care, occupational health and public health and at employers, workers and their health, safety and other representatives. Conclusions: Various recommendations and evidence ratings have changed in the management of asthma that may have an occupational cause.