01-06-2020 | Cochrane Corner & EBM | Uitgave 6-7/2020
In cooperation with Cochrane Insurance Medicine and Cochrane Work
Workplace interventions for treatment of occupational asthma
Your patient is a 55-year-old furniture factory worker with occupational asthma due to isocyanate exposure. His pulmonary physician states that his asthma is getting worse the last few years. His employer complains that he has been a lot on sick leave. The patient himself denies these statements, says he is feeling well and wants to continue his job. Below is a short summary of a recent Cochrane review including a general background on workplace exposures and how various workplace interventions could help workers with occupational asthma. ...