Carcinogens in the Workplace Aka: Carcinogens in the Workplace, Occupational Exposures Linked to Cancer, Cancer-predisposing Occupational Exposure II. Causes: Carcinogens Aniline and homologs Arsenic (Pesticides) Asbestos Beryllium Silica Chromium […]
Allergic Occupational Asthma Aka: Allergic Occupational Asthma, Latency-associated Occupational Asthma II. Pathophysiology Sensitization to specific workplace chemical Initial response delayed from weeks to years III. Causes: High […]
Occupational Skin Disorder Aka: Occupational Skin Disorder, Work-Related Skin Disease, Sport-related Contact Dermatitis, Occupational Contact Dermatitis, Occupational Dermatosis II. Causes: Work-Related Skin Disorders Irritant Contact Dermatitis Direct cause of localized […]
Occupational Skin Neoplasm Aka: Occupational Skin Neoplasm, Occupational Skin Cancer II. Causes Ionizing radiation exposure (most significant risk) Polycyclic hydrocarbons Inorganic metals Arsenicals Alkylating Agents Nitrosamines Tar […]
Work-Related Asthma Aka: Work-Related Asthma, Occupational Asthma, Work-Aggravated Asthma, Asthma in the Workplace, Occupational Lung Disease II. Epidemiology Occupational Asthma accounts for 15% of new Asthma cases in adults Estimated 1.9 million […]
Active Tuberculosis Treatment Aka: Active Tuberculosis Treatment, Active Tuberculosis, Active Tb Treatment, Active Tb, Active Tuberculosis Special Circumstances, Drug-Induced Hepatitis from Antituberculous Drugs II. Diagnosis See Tuberculosis Requires idenitifying acid fast Bacteria Tuberculosis […]
Central Nervous System Tuberculosis Aka: Central Nervous System Tuberculosis, Tuberculous Meningitis, Intracranial Tuberculoma, Spinal Tuberculous Arachnoiditis II. Distribution Tuberculous Meningitis (most common) Results from extension of tuberculoma Intracranial Tuberculoma […]
Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis Aka: Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis, Tuberculous Enteritis II. Pathophysiology Involves any part of Gastrointestinal tract Ileocecal most commonly affected Risk of contracting gastrointestinal Tb Parallels severity of […]
Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Aka: Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Disseminated tuberculosis, Miliary Tuberculosis II. Distribution: Areas of dissemination Tuberculous Lymphadenitis (most common form) Pleural Tuberculosis (5%) Skeletal Tuberculosis (35%) Tuberculous Meningitis CSF with moderate lymphcytosis […]
Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Aka: Multiple Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment, Multiple Drug Resistant Tb Treatment II. Indications Resistant to at least Isoniazid and Rifampin III. Approach Treat with 3 […]
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