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Asbestose

Last reviewed: 13 Sep 2025
Last updated: 02 Sep 2025

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • exposição ocupacional
  • exposição de duração prolongada
  • história de tabagismo
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Other diagnostic factors

  • dispneia ao esforço
  • tosse
  • estertores
  • exposição indireta
  • dor torácica
  • baqueteamento digital
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Risk factors

  • dose cumulativa de asbesto inalado
  • tabagismo
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Diagnostic investigations

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • radiografia torácica: posteroanterior (PA) e lateral
  • testes de função pulmonar
Todos los datos

Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) de alta resolução do tórax
  • biópsia pulmonar
  • lavagem brônquica
Todos los datos

Algoritmo de tratamiento

En curso

todos os pacientes

Colaboradores

Autores

Kenneth D. Rosenman, MD

Professor of Medicine

Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Michigan State University

East Lansing

MI

Divulgaciones

KDR declares that he has no competing interests. KDR is the author of an article cited in this topic.

Revisores por pares

Henry A. Anderson, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Wisconsin Division of Public Health

Madison

WI

Divulgaciones

HAA declares that he has no competing interests.

Keir Lewis, MD

Senior Clinical Lecturer

Institute of Life Sciences

Swansea University

Swansea

UK

Divulgaciones

KL declares that he has no competing interests.

Thomasz J. Kuzniar, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

Evanston

IL

Divulgaciones

TJK declares that he has no competing interests.

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Disclosures

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

American Thoracic Society. Diagnosis and initial management of nonmalignant diseases related to asbestos. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Sep 15;170(6):691-715.Texto completo  Resumen

Wolff H, Vehmas T, Oksa P, et al. Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer, the Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution 2014: recommendations. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2015 Jan;41(1):5-15.Texto completo  Resumen

Markowitz SB, Levin SM, Miller A, et al. Asbestos, asbestosis, smoking, and lung cancer. New findings from the North American insulator cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):90-6. Resumen

Banks DE, Shi R, McLarty J, et al. American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the respiratory health effects of asbestos. Results of a Delphi study. Chest. 2017 Sep 18;4(1):e000223.Texto completo  Resumen

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