| Document ID (ISN) | 111463 |
| CIS number |
11-0060 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1077-3525 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Donroe J.A., Maurtua-Neumann P.J., Gilman R.H., Acosta A.T., Cain G., Parker J.E., Carhuaricra J.C., Retimozo Padilla J.J., Mendoza D., Zimic M., Moore D.A. |
| Title |
Surveillance for early silicosis in high altitude miners using pulse oximetry |
| Bibliographic information |
3rd quarter 2008, Vol.14, No.3, p.187-192. Illus. 27 ref. |
| Abstract |
Two cross-sectional studies in a high altitude region of Peru evaluated the role of pulse oximetry for detection of silicosis in high-altitude miners. In the first study, exercise pulse oximetry and chest radiographs were used to evaluate 343 silica-exposed miners and 141 unexposed subjects for evidence of silicosis. The second study investigated the association between exercise oxygen saturation and silicosis in 32 non-silicotic and 65 silicotic miners. Age, resting oxygen saturation and years of mining employment were found to be associated with silicosis. Pulse oximetry should be further investigated as a screening tool for silicosis at high altitudes. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Peru; high altitude; silicosis; oximetry; mining industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
diagnosis; cross-sectional study; medical supervision; reliability; description of technique |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Mining and quarrying
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