SynthesisEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2012
What is the optimal management option for occupational asthma?
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- Occupational Respiratory Allergy to Flour in the Modern Era.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2025Review
- Occupational Asthma Prevalence among Migrant Workers Attending Shuaiba Industrial Medical Center in Kuwait.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Occupational Asthma: The Knowledge Needs for a Better Management.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- Work-related asthma: A position paper from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the National Asthma Council Australia.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2020Review
- Assessing the health impact of interventions for baker's allergy and asthma in supermarket bakeries: a group randomised trial.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Article
- Progress in Occupational Asthma.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Workplace interventions for treatment of occupational asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
- Asthma medication use among adults with current asthma by work-related asthma status, Asthma Call-back Survey, 29 states, 2012-2013.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2018Article
- Determinants of persistent asthma in young adults.European clinical respiratory journal · 2018Article
- Review of Diagnostic Challenges in Occupational Asthma.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2017Review
- Medical surveillance and long-term prognosis of occupational allergy due to platinum salts.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Observational
- Respirator Use Among US Farm Operators With Asthma: Results From the 2011 Farm and Ranch Safety Survey.Journal of agromedicine · 2017Article
- Laboratory Animal Allergy in the Modern Era.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2015Review
- An official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: presentations and discussion of the fifth Jack Pepys Workshop on Asthma in the Workplace. Comparisons between asthma in the workplace and non-work-related asthma.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2015Article
- Clinically relevant subgroups in COPD and asthma.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2015Review
- Specific inhalation challenge tests for occupational asthma in Europe: a survey.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2014Article
- Diisocyanate-induced asthma in Switzerland: long-term course and patients' self-assessment after a 12-year follow-up.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2014Article
- Persistence of asthmatic response after ammonium persulfate-induced occupational asthma in mice.PloS one · 2014Article
- Diagnostic approach in cases with suspected work-related asthma.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2013Article
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Abstract
The optimal management of occupational asthma remains uncertain in clinical practice. The aim of this review was to analyse the published information pertaining to the management of occupational asthma in order to produce evidence-based statements and recommendations. A systematic literature search was conducted up to March 2010 to identify original studies addressing the following different treatment options: 1) persistence of exposure; 2) pharmacological treatment; 3) complete avoidance of exposure; 4) reduction of exposure; and 5) the use of personal protective equipment. After full text evaluation of 83 potentially relevant articles, 52 studies were retained for analysis. The conclusions from this systematic review are limited by the methodological weaknesses of most published studies. Critical analysis of available evidence indicates that: 1) persistent exposure to the causal agent is more likely to result in asthma worsening than complete avoidance; 2) there is insufficient evidence to determine whether pharmacological treatment can alter the course of asthma in subjects who remain exposed; 3) avoidance of exposure leads to recovery of asthma in less than one-third of affected workers; 4) reduction of exposure seems to be less beneficial than complete avoidance of exposure; and 5) personal respiratory equipment does not provide complete protection.
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