Changes in the radiologic and spirometric profile in subjects with pulmonary silicosis
Di Pierri, C.; Nuzzaco, A.; Carino, M.; Caputo, F.; Montrone, N.; Marcuccio, P.; Zefferino, R.; L'Abbate, N.
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia 25 Suppl(3): 163-164
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1592-7830 PMID: 14979131 Document Number: 559716
All admissions with diagnosis of silicosis from 1980 to 2000, in the Occupational Medicine Division of Fondazione S. Maugeri, Cassano Murge (Bari), were examined. From 586 gathered medical records we selected 106 subjects with double admissions and detected their X-rays of chest, FVC and FEV1. The stationary results of their chest X-rays and the light declines of their respiratory functions confirm the slow evolution in time of this pathology.