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The filter of choice: filtration method preference among injecting drug users

Harm Reduction Journal, 2011
Background Injection drug use syringe filters (IDUSF) are designed to prevent several complications related to the injection of drugs. Due to their small pore size, their use can reduce the solution's insoluble particle content and thus diminish the ...
Keijzer Lenneke, Imbert Elliot
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Estudo das internações hospitalares por pneumoconioses no Brasil, 1984-2003 Hospital admissions due to pneumoconioses in Brazil, 1984-2003

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 2005
INTRODUÇÃO: pneumoconiose reúne um conjunto de doenças respiratórias conhecidas pelo agente principal causador, como silicose, asbestose, talcose, beriliose e outras. A incidência, possivelmente, deve ser elevada entre os expostos, mas não há informações
Hermano Albuquerque de Castro, Carolina Gimenes da Silva, Genésio Vicentin   +2 more
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Pulmonary Talc Granulomatosis- An Uncommon Finding at Autopsy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Talc is chemically hydrous magnesium silicate and used as lubricant of consumer goods, as well as, in various oral prescribed medications due to its diluting nature.
Ruchi Agarwal, Monika Yadav, Kulwant Singh, Sunaina Hooda, Mayank Nangru   +4 more
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Occupational interstitial lung diseases

Journal of Internal Medicine, Volume 294, Issue 6, Page 798-815, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Millions of workers are exposed to substances known to cause occupational interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), particularly in developing countries. However, the burden of the disease is likely to be underestimated due to under‐recognition, under‐reporting or both.
Paolo Spagnolo, Christopher J. Ryerson, Sabina Guler, Johanna Feary, Andrew Churg, Andrew P. Fontenot, Sara Piciucchi, Zarir Udwadia, Tamera J. Corte, Wim A. Wuyts, Kerri A. Johannson, Vincent Cottin   +11 more
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Dyspnea following intravenous drug use [PDF]

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2017
E. Matrosovich, R. Brodmann, S. Lampert, G. Lehnert, A. Hartmann, J.H. Ficker   +5 more
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Asbestos in commercial indian talc

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 62, Issue 5, Page 385-392, May 2019., 2019
Abstract Background Easily available commercial Indian talc products widely used in Southeast Asia were examined for the presence of asbestos. Asbestos in talc products carry all risks of asbestos‐related disease. Methods Using polarizing light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), electron diffraction, and X‐ray analysis, multiple over ...
Sean Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Harty, Tushar Kant Joshi, Arthur L. Frank   +3 more
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Pulmonary Talcosis With Intravenous Drug Abuse [PDF]

Respiratory Care, 2013
Talc has been known to cause lung disease, via inhalation or intravenously. A good history along with radiological correlation will often reveal the diagnosis. However, most intravenous drug abusers are reluctant to give a history of exposure, and most diagnoses are made after lung biopsy ...
Mohammad F, Siddiqui, Sabah, Saleem, Sridhar, Badireddi   +2 more
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Risk Factors and Outcomes for the Development of Malignancy in Lung and Heart‐Lung Transplant Recipients

Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page e7-e13, 2010., 2010
BACKGROUND: Many factors may limit survival from lung and heart‐lung transplantation, including malignancy. OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors associated with the development of malignancy following transplantation and its effect on survival by retrospectively reviewing a population of lung transplant recipients.
Michael J Metcalfe, Demetrios J Kutsogiannis, Kathy Jackson, Antigone Oreopoulous, John Mullen, Denis Modry, Justin Weinkauf, Dale C Lien, Ken C Stewart   +8 more
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Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: A Case Report with Emphasis on Imaging Findings

Case Reports in Medicine, Volume 2010, Issue 1, 2010., 2010
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disease characterized by the presence of small calculi in the alveolar space. The authors report a case of a 21‐year‐old man with a 2‐year history of shortness of breath on exertion and dry cough. Physical examination was altered only for crackles at auscultation.
Guilherme Abdalla, Edson Marchiori, Gláucia Zanetti, Antonio Mucillo, Mariana Leite Pereira, Nina Ventura, Pedro Martins, Carolina Pesce Lamas Constantino, Rodrigo Canellas, Viviane Brandão, Romulo Varella de Oliveira, Raed Dweik   +11 more
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Progressive Dyspnea Associated with a Crazy‐Paving Appearance on a Chest Computed Tomography Scan

Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 13, Issue 5, Page 269-271, 2006., 2006
A ‘crazy‐paving’ appearance of the lungs on computed tomography scanning of the chest was first described nearly 20 years ago in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and was thought to be characteristic of this condition. However, this pattern has subsequently been reported in a variety of pulmonary diseases and is now considered to be ...
Nimrod Maimon, Narinder Paul, Gregory P Downey   +2 more
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