OBJECTIVES Current situation in the epidemiology of occupational diseases is a resultant of many contributing factors, such as occupational exposures of the working population, social and economic conditions, medical measures, legislation, and ongoing changes in the national economy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This work is based on the information compiled from reporting forms on occupational dise...

Liver involvement is a common feature of leptospirosis. It is variable from mild to severe hepatic dysfunction. Objective: to analyze liver involvement and to assess its prognostic value in leptospirosis. Materials and methods: We performed analysis of 100 consecutive leptospirosis cases treated in Clinic of Infectious Diseases at University Hospital – Pleven (1976-2015)(90 male, mean age 37±18...

A prospective study was designed to evaluate disorders of hemostasis and levels of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACL) in 30 patients with severe leptospirosis and acute renal failure (ARF) (ARF was defined as serum creatinine > or =1.5 mg/dL). The patients had been admitted to the Walter Cantídio University Hospital, São José Infectious Diseases Hospital and General Hospital of Fortaleza, Ceará, ...

BACKGROUND Occupational diseases are under reported. Targeted education of occupational physicians (OPs) may improve their rate of reporting occupational diseases. AIM To study the effectiveness of an active multifaceted workshop aimed at improving OPs' reporting of occupational diseases. METHODS We undertook a comparative study with 112 OPs in the intervention group and 571 OPs as comparis...

L eptospirosis has been described as a re-emerging disease in both dogs and humans. Whether or not a true increase in the incidence of canine leptospirosis (Figure 1) has occurred over the past 2 decades is unclear. Increased awareness and vigilance, partly spurred by educational campaigns, have likely increased the number of diagnosed cases. Still, several studies have suggested a temporal tre...

inhalational lung diseases are among the most important occupational diseases. pneumoconiosis refers to a group of lung diseases result from inhalation of usually inorganic dusts such as silicon dioxide, asbestos, coal, etc. , and their deposition in the lungs. the resultant pulmonary disorders depend on the susceptibility of lungs; size, concentration, solubility and fibrogenic properties of t...