Spirometry in Occupational Health—2020
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Spirometry in the occupational health setting--2011 update.
S pirometry, the most frequently performed pulmonary function test (PFT), is the cornerstone of occupational respiratory evaluation programs. In the occupational health setting, spirometry plays a critical role in the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of workplace-related lung disease.1 Used for both screening and clinical evaluations, spirometry tests are performed in a variety of ve...
متن کاملACOEM position statement. Spirometry in the occupational setting. American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
This position statement reviews several aspects of spirometric testing in the workplace, where spirometry is employed in the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of occupational lung disease. Primary prevention includes pre-placement and fitness-for-duty examinations as well as research and monitoring of health status in groups of exposed workers; secondary prevention includes periodic m...
متن کاملSpirometry Values for Detecting a Restrictive Pattern in Occupational Health Settings
BACKGROUND Pulmonary function tests are valuable measures for diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases. In the field of occupational medicine, spirometry is commonly performed, and in a considerable number of spirometries during occupational health evaluations, restrictive pattern is observed without any respiratory symptoms and may necessitate referral of the subject for body plethysmo...
متن کاملOfficial American Thoracic Society technical standards: spirometry in the occupational setting.
PURPOSE This document addresses aspects of the performance and interpretation of spirometry that are particularly important in the workplace, where inhalation exposures can affect lung function and cause or exacerbate lung diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or fibrosis. METHODS Issues that previous American Thoracic Society spirometry statements did not adequatel...
متن کاملACOEM GUIDANCE STATEMENT Spirometry in the Occupational Health Setting—2011 Update
S pirometry, the most frequently performed pulmonary function test (PFT), is the cornerstone of occupational respiratory evaluation programs. In the occupational health setting, spirometry plays a critical role in the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of workplace-related lung disease.1 Used for both screening and clinical evaluations, spirometry tests are performed in a variety of ve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1076-2752,1536-5948
DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001851