Occupational lung disease - what the general physician needs to know
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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Health & Wellbeing At Work 2025 conference
Tue, 11 Mar 2025
Dr Jo Feary spoke at the Health & Wellbeing at Work conference on 11 March 2025 in Birmingham. They featured in the programme section "Hot topics in Occupational Lung Disease". Taken from the conference programme, "contemporary work-related risks to lung health in the UK will be summarised in a case-based presentation, taking into account challenges for occupational health professionals, employers and industry."
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EOPH 2025 conference
Fri, 14 Feb 2025
Professor Jo Szram spoke at the EOPH conference this year titled ‘Putting Health back into Health Surveillance’ on 14th February 2025 in Birmingham. They outlined the common contemporary issues in occupational lung disease, focusing on the conditions and presentations that a modern day occupational health practitioner is likely to encounter.
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