Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Pisati G
Study Year	2007
Country	Italy
Molecular Weight of Agent	LMW
Category	Diisocyanates
Agent	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)
Occupation	Not specified
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Removal from exposure to TDI (average: 58 Months)
Participation Rate	25 of 44 (57%) subjects with TDI-induced occupational asthma
Intervention Effectiveness	1. Seven subjects had a positive response to inhaled TDI, and they complained of respiratory symptoms and needed medication. Their symptom score, medication score and PD20 were unchanged since diagnosis. 2. Eighteen patients had no response to TDI. a. 8 of 18 still had asthmatic symptoms, but with significantly improved symptom and medication scores since diagnosis. b. 10 of 18 had no symptoms and medication in past 12 months, and were no longer asthmatic.