[Report of medical surveillance of workers exposed to asbestos at the Operative Unit of Occupational Medicine in Pisa]. / Attività di sorveglianza sanitaria dei lavoratori ex esposti ad amianto presso la Unità Operativa di Medicina Preventiva del Lavoro di Pisa.

ABSTRACT

We report our experience about the medical surveillance of 739 workers previously exposed to asbestos. They were observed during the period between January 2009 and May 2012. The diagnosis of 594 patients, that were observed for the first time, were analyzed in order to assess the presence of benign or malignant pulmonary diseases that is so found 16.33% of benign pulmonary diseases related to asbestos, 17.84% benign pulmonary diseases not related to asbestos and 1% of malignant pulmonary diseases probably related to asbestos. The diagnosis of 221 patients, that were followed over time, were analyzed in order to assess the evolution in time a new onset of pulmonary disease was found in the 2.26%, a worsening of the pulmonary disease was found in the 6.79%.