Serum KL-6 combined with immune/inflammatory biomarkers identifies complicated silicosis [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary MedicineBackground Complicated silicosis (CS) poses significant diagnostic challenges, with current diagnosis relying heavily on radiographic imaging. These challenges highlight a need for reliable non-invasive biomarkers to improve early detection and disease ...
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Long-term survival and the critical role of competing risks in pneumoconiosis: a large-scale retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundThe extension of survival in patients with pneumoconiosis has led to a shifting mortality spectrum where non-pneumoconiosis causes increasingly act as competing risks.
Xinlei Chu +12 more
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Research Progress of Interstitial Lung Disease Based on Single-Cell Sequencing Technology. [PDF]
Can Respir JInterstitial lung disease (ILD) refers to a collection of respiratory conditions characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma, alveolar irritation, and fibrosis of the interstitial tissue. Traditional research methods are often unable to completely reveal the complex mechanism of ILD occurrence and development.
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Fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio as a novel biomarker in pneumoconiosis: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental HealthObjectives Pneumoconiosis is the most common occupational respiratory disease in Turkey and is associated with chronic systemic inflammation. Both occupational dust exposure and heavy metals such as lead may contribute to inflammatory responses.
Seval Müzeyyen Ecin, Semra Özkan
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Caplan Syndrome: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Case RepSwelling of metacarpophalangeal joints, proximal interphalangeal joints with spindle‐shaped aspects at proximal interphalangeal joints. ABSTRACT Caplan syndrome, known as rheumatoid pneumoconiosis, is a combination of silicosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Research Status of Pathogenesis of Pneumoconiosis and Dust Control Technology in Mine—A Review
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2021 Pneumoconiosis has become one of the biggest threats to the occupational health and life safety of mining workers in China. The number of pneumoconiosis cases has continued to rise in recent years.
Guoming Liu, Wen Nie
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Global, regional, and national trends in the incidence of pneumoconiosis among populations aged 20 and above from 1990 to 2021 [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundPneumoconiosis remains one of the most critical occupational health hazards globally. Utilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021, we have updated the epidemiological trends of pneumoconiosis.MethodsWe conducted and analyzed ...
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023 Fungal contamination is omnipresent, and inhalation of fungi-contaminated organic dust leads to hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), in which neutrophils played a pivotal role.
Xinning Zeng +4 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 Fungi were microorganisms that are ubiquitous in a variety of environments. Inhalation of fungi-contaminated organic dust led to hypersensitivity pneumonitis and might eventually cause irreversible pulmonary fibrosis.
Xinning Zeng +4 more
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Status quo and disease burden of occupational pneumoconiosis in Qinghai Province from 2015 to 2019
环境与职业医学, 2023 BackgroundOccupational pneumoconiosis is the most common occupational disease in Qinghai Province and China. From the perspective of public health, it is important to assess the disease burden using disability-adjusted life years (DALY) and economic ...
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