Document ID (ISN) | 60463 |
CIS number |
93-1213 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0885-114X - Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews |
Year |
1992 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Enright P.L. |
Title |
Surveillance for lung disease - Quality assurance using computers and a team approach |
Bibliographic information |
Apr.-June 1992, Vol.7, No.2, p.209-225. Illus. 23 ref. |
Abstract |
An occupational pulmonary surveillance programme will detect the lung diseases that affect about 20% of the general population: asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, restrictive respiratory disorders, and lung cancer. Annual spirometry testing and standardised respiratory questionnaires are useful components of all programmes, but because many problems with spirometry testing and interpretation occur, a team approach is recommended. A description is given of a team approach to pulmonary surveillance involving the following individuals: the corporate medical director; the corporate medical surveillance coordinator; the medical director of a large pulmonary function (PF) laboratory; a computer system analyst with PF experience; plant nurses with spirometry experience. |
Descriptors (primary) |
health programmes; lung diseases; computer applications; medical supervision; plant health services |
Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; maximal expiratory flow; ventilatory capacity; spirometry; programme evaluation; respiratory function tests; one-second forced expiratory volume |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Occupational health services Workplace health promotion
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