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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Serum Bilirubin Levels and Disease Severity in Patients with Pneumoconiosis
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2023 Aim. To investigate the association between serum bilirubin and disease severity in patients with pneumoconiosis. Methods. The study comprised 45 patients with pneumoconiosis retrospectively; all pneumoconiosis patients were classified into I, II, and ...
You-Fan Peng +3 more
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Pneumoconiosis combined with connective tissue disease in China: a cross-sectional study
BMJ Open, 2023 Objective To describe the prevalence, clinical features and potential risk factors of pneumoconiosis in combination with connective tissue disease (CTD) or positive autoantibodies.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting A retrospective study of adults ...
Qiao Ye +5 more
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Biomedicines, 2023 Background: Pneumoconiosis has considerable comorbidities, most notably pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. However, the relationship between pneumoconiosis and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is largely unknown.
Chao-Hsuan Wei +7 more
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Effects of dust exposure on IGF1 and autophagy related to coal workers’ pneumoconiosis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveTo analyze the correlated factors of pneumoconiosis in coal miners, and explore the potential regulatory mechanism of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in pneumoconiosis progression, so as to provide scientific evidence for the prevention and ...
Yi Hu +7 more
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Survival analysis of pneumoconiosis patients in Ninghai County of Zhejiang Province, 2019‒2023 [PDF]
Shanghai yufang yixueObjectiveTo understand the survival time and possible influencing factors of pneumoconiosis patients in Ninghai County, Zhejiang Province who were followed up from 2019 to 2023, and to provide references for prolonging the survival time of pneumoconiosis
CHEN Shuangping, HU Yanmin, ZHANG Feng
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A comprehensive retrospect on the current perspectives and future prospects of pneumoconiosis
Frontiers in Public HealthPneumoconiosis is a widespread occupational pulmonary disease caused by inhalation and retention of dust particles in the lungs, is characterized by chronic pulmonary inflammation and progressive fibrosis, potentially leading to respiratory and/or heart ...
Yiwei Shi, Xiaomin Hou
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Clinical characteristics and risk factors in pneumoconiosis patients with asthma
Scientific ReportsTo investigate the risk factors for pneumoconiosis associated with asthma. A total of 256 pneumoconiosis patients diagnosed by chest X-ray at our hospital were analyzed. Based on pulmonary function tests, pneumoconiosis cases were divided into non-asthma
Zhifeng Chen +4 more
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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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Multi-slice spiral computerized tomography image characteristics of coal workers with pneumoconiosis [PDF]
环境与职业医学BackgroundMulti-slice spiral computerized tomography (MSCT) can be used as an auxiliary diagnosis of chest radiography in diagnosis of pneumoconiosis, but there are few studies on the correlations between interstitial images and stage classification of ...
Xinyu LI +8 more
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