Authors: Moscato, G.¹; Vandenplas, O.²; Gerth Van Wijk, R.³; Malo, J. L.⁴; Quirce, S.⁵; Walusiak, J.⁶; Castano, R.⁴; De Groot, H.³; Folletti, I.⁷; Gautrin, D.⁴; Yacoub, M. R.¹; Perfetti, L.¹; Siracusa, A.⁷

Source: Allergy, Volume 63, Number 8, August 2008 , pp. 969-980(12)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

The present document is the result of a consensus reached by a panel of experts from European and nonEuropean countries on Occupational Rhinitis (OR), a disease of emerging relevance, which has received little attention in comparison to occupational asthma. The document covers the main items of OR including epidemiology, diagnosis, management, socio-economic impact, preventive strategies and medicolegal issues. An operational definition and classification of OR tailored to that of occupational asthma, as well as a diagnostic algorithm based on steps allowing different levels of diagnostic evidence, are proposed. The needs for future research are pointed out. Key messages are issued for each item.

Keywords: asthma; nasal provocation test; occupational diseases; rhinitis

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01801.x

Affiliations: 1: Allergy and Immunology Unit, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Institute of Care and Research, Scientific Institute of Pavia, Pavia, Italy 2: Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques de Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium 3: Department of Allergology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 4: Center for Asthma in the Workplace, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Centre de Recherche-Pneumologie, Montréal, Canada 5: Allergy Department, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain 6: Department of Occupational Diseases, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland 7: Occupational Medicine, Terni Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Publication date: 2008-08-01

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