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Reduction of exposure in the management of occupational asthma

Reduction of exposure in the management of occupational asthma Reduction of exposure in the management of occupational asthma Olivier Vandenplas Department of Chest Medicine, Mont-Godinne Purpose of review Hospital, Universite´ Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, The management of immunologically mediated occupational asthma may be difficult in Belgium clinical practice since complete avoidance of exposure to the sensitizing agent is Correspondence to Dr Olivier Vandenplas, Service de associated with a substantial adverse socio-economic impact. The purpose of this Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont- Godinne, B-5530 Yvoir, Belgium review was to critically analyze the available information on the effectiveness of reducing Tel: +32 81 42 33 63; fax: +32 81 42 33 52; exposure as an alternative to complete avoidance. e-mail: olivier.vandenplas@uclouvain.be Recent findings Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Short-term exposure studies showed that respiratory protective devices can reduce Immunology 2011, 11:75–79 bronchial responses to sensitizing agents in patients with occupational asthma, but do not provide complete protection. Recent systematic reviews of long-term follow-up studies of workers with occupational asthma indicated that reduction of exposure to the causal agent is associated with a lower likelihood of improvement in asthma symptoms and a higher risk of worsening of symptoms and nonspecific bronchial hyper- responsiveness. There are insufficient data to compare the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology Wolters Kluwer Health

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1528-4050
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1473-6322
DOI
10.1097/ACI.0b013e328344575b
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21325946
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Abstract

Reduction of exposure in the management of occupational asthma Olivier Vandenplas Department of Chest Medicine, Mont-Godinne Purpose of review Hospital, Universite´ Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, The management of immunologically mediated occupational asthma may be difficult in Belgium clinical practice since complete avoidance of exposure to the sensitizing agent is Correspondence to Dr Olivier Vandenplas, Service de associated with a substantial adverse socio-economic impact. The purpose of this Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont- Godinne, B-5530 Yvoir, Belgium review was to critically analyze the available information on the effectiveness of reducing Tel: +32 81 42 33 63; fax: +32 81 42 33 52; exposure as an alternative to complete avoidance. e-mail: olivier.vandenplas@uclouvain.be Recent findings Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Short-term exposure studies showed that respiratory protective devices can reduce Immunology 2011, 11:75–79 bronchial responses to sensitizing agents in patients with occupational asthma, but do not provide complete protection. Recent systematic reviews of long-term follow-up studies of workers with occupational asthma indicated that reduction of exposure to the causal agent is associated with a lower likelihood of improvement in asthma symptoms and a higher risk of worsening of symptoms and nonspecific bronchial hyper- responsiveness. There are insufficient data to compare the

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Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical ImmunologyWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Apr 1, 2011

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