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High-resolution computed tomography and pulmonary function findings of occupational arsenic exposure in workers
Balkan Medical Journal · Ocak 2017
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High-Resolution Computed Tomography and Pulmonary Function Findings of Occupational Arsenic Exposure in Workers
Balkan Medical Journal · 2017 SCI-Expanded
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High-Resolution Computed Tomography and Pulmonary Function Findings of Occupational Arsenic Exposure in Workers
Balkan Medical Journal · 2017 SCI-Expanded
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DergiBalkan Medical Journal
Yayın TarihiOcak 2017
Cilt / Sayfa34 · 263-268
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85019737770
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Background: The number of studies where nonmalignant pulmonary diseases are evaluated after occupational arsenic exposure is very few. Aims: To investigate the effects of occupational arsenic exposure on the lung by high-resolution computed tomography and pulmonary function tests. Study Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Methods: In this study, 256 workers with suspected respiratory occupational arsenic exposure were included, with an average age of 32.9±7.8 years and an average of 3.5±2.7 working years. Hair and urinary arsenic levels were analysed. High-resolution computed tomography and pulmonary function tests were done. Results: In workers with occupational arsenic exposure, high-resolution computed tomography showed 18.8% pulmonary involvement. In pulmonary involvement, pulmonary nodule was the most frequently seen lesion (64.5%). The other findings of pulmonary involvement were 18.8% diffuse interstitial lung disease, 12.5% bronchiectasis, and 27.1% bullae-emphysema. The mean age of patients with pulmonary involvement was higher and as they smoked more. The pulmonary involvement was 5.2 times higher in patients with skin lesions because of arsenic. Diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide was significantly lower in patients with pulmonary involvement. Conclusion: Besides lung cancer, chronic occupational inhalation of arsenic exposure may cause non-malignant pulmonary findings such as bronchiectasis, pulmonary nodules and diffuse interstitial lung disease. So, in order to detect pulmonary involvement in the early stages, workers who experience occupational arsenic exposure should be followed by diffusion test and high-resolution computed tomography.
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ORCID: 0000-0003-2920-9214
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Arsenic
Occupational disease
Pulmonary function
Kurumlar
Ankara Occupational Diseases Hospital
Ankara Turkey
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Izmir Turkey
T. C. Sağlık Bakanlığı Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Eğitim ve Araştirma Hastanesi
Ankara Turkey
Ufuk Universitési
Ankara Turkey
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