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Occupational asthma

最后审阅: 1 Feb 2026
最后更新: 15 Aug 2025

小结

定义

病史和体格检查

关键诊断因素

  • occupational exposure to sensitizing agents or irritants
  • symptoms of asthma that improve during holidays
  • initial onset of asthma symptoms during a work period
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危险因素

  • high-level exposure to sensitizer
  • atopy
  • genetic factors
  • smoking
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诊断性检查

首要检查

  • spirometry
  • chest x-ray
  • skin prick testing (SPT)
  • nonspecific bronchial hyper-responsiveness (NSBHR)
  • serial peak expiratory flow (PEF)
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需考虑的检查

  • specific serum IgE assay
  • specific inhalation challenge (SIC)
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新兴检查

  • induced sputum cytology
  • fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO)

治疗流程

急症处理

sensitizer-induced

irritant-induced

持续性治疗

symptomatic asthma

撰稿人

作者

Ryan Hoy, MB BS, MOEH, FRACP
Ryan Hoy

Respiratory Physician

The Alfred Hospital

Melbourne

Victoria

Australia

利益声明

RH is an author of a reference cited in the topic.

Susan M. Tarlo, MB BS FRCP(C)
Susan M. Tarlo

Professor of Medicine

University of Toronto

Respiratory Physician

Toronto Western Hospital

Toronto

Ontario

Canada

利益声明

SMT has received grant support from the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and the Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease (funded by Ontario Ministry of Labour). She has acted as a consultant for the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) and has provided clinical case assessments for WSIB. She has been a member of Task Forces for the European Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology and an expert advisor to a committee of the European Respiratory Society. She is a member of the Occupational Disease Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (AAAAI). She has been an invited speaker at meetings of AAAAI and the American Thoracic Society. She is a coeditor of Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and has received book royalties as coeditor of Asthma in the Workplace. SMT is an author of references cited in the topic.

同行评议者

Ware Kuschner, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Stanford University

Stanford

Staff Physician

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Palo Alto Health Care System

Palo Alto

CA

利益声明

WK declares that he has no competing interests.

Karin Pacheco, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

National Jewish Medical Centre

Denver

CO

利益声明

KP declares that she has no competing interests.

Philip Harber, MD

Professor of Medicine

University of California

Los Angeles

CA

利益声明

PH declares that he has no competing interests.

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关键文献

Barber CM, Cullinan P, Feary J, et al. British Thoracic Society clinical statement on occupational asthma. Thorax. 2022 May;77(5):433-42.全文  摘要

Tarlo SM, Balmes J, Balkissoon R, et al. Diagnosis and management of work-related asthma: American College Of Chest Physicians Consensus statement. Chest. 2008 Sep;134(3 suppl):1S-41S. 摘要

Baur X, Sigsgaard T, Aasen TB, et al. Guidelines for the management of work-related asthma. Eur Respir J. 2012 Mar;39(3):529-45.全文  摘要

Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). Global strategy for asthma management and prevention. May 2025 [internet publication].全文

American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: occupational lung diseases. 2019 [internet publication].全文

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