ABSTRACT
Examination covered 213 workers of asbestos technical ware plant. Standard X-ray examination no pulmonary and pleural changes were revealed. External respiration studies demonstrated moderate ventilation disorders in half of the examinees: in hardware workshop workers--restrictive type disorders, in autofriction components workshop workers--obstructive type ones with hyperventilation. Lower diffusing lung capacity in one-third of the workers in one of two autofriction components workshops proves most likely distributive disorders. Moderately increased serum alveolar mucin 3EG5 in 20% of the examinees could be a predictive criterion of slow formation of chisotyle pulmonary fibrosis.
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Asbestosis/blood , Mucins/blood , Adult , Asbestosis/physiopathology , Biomarkers/blood , Disease Progression , Female , Humans , Lung Volume Measurements , Male , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
The article deals with results of periodic medical examination conducted in Regional Occupational Center MONICI for 90 subjects working in apparatus workshop of asbestos ware plant. Data presented are results of thorough evaluation of respiration biomechanics through electronic spirometry and body plethysmography, serum activity of interstitial alveolomucin 3EG5 and oncologic markers CA-125 and CA-15.3.