Thu, 03 Apr 2025
Dr Patrick Howlett, Professor Joanna Szram and Dr Johanna Feary have co-authored an article in the Clinical Medicine journal about occupational lung disease for the general physician.
The five take home points are:
- A concise yet careful history can help determine whether there is an occupational cause for a patient's presentation
- Refer to a specialist occupational lung disease centre as soon as an occupational cause is suspected
- There has been a recent increase in the number of silicosis cases in the UK; vigilance is needed for cases
- Occupational lung diseases are largely preventable with appropriate monitoring and safeguards.
Read the full article on ScienceDirect.
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