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The article covers results of studies concerning time of fluorosis development in patients with signs of connective tissue dysplasia syndrome (CTDS). if compared with patients without CTDS, and of studies concerning hyperostosis coefficient in accordance with presence or absence of CTDS. Efficiency of physical therapy and balneotherapy for these patients are also reported by the authors.
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Connective Tissue Diseases , Fluorides, Topical/poisoning , Hyperostosis , Occupational Diseases , Occupational Exposure/adverse effects , Adult , Balneology/methods , Cohort Studies , Connective Tissue Diseases/epidemiology , Connective Tissue Diseases/etiology , Connective Tissue Diseases/physiopathology , Connective Tissue Diseases/therapy , Disease Progression , Exercise Therapy/methods , Humans , Hyperostosis/epidemiology , Hyperostosis/etiology , Hyperostosis/physiopathology , Hyperostosis/therapy , Male , Metallurgy , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Occupational Diseases/etiology , Occupational Diseases/therapy , Russia/epidemiology , Severity of Illness Index , Syndrome , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome , Workforce , Young AdultABSTRACT
Analysis covered 1348 case histories of workers exposed to industrial dust in Urals region. The analysis applied mathematical processing of survival theory and correlation analysis. The authors studied influence of various factors: dust concentration, connective tissue dysplasia, smoking habits--on duration for diseases caused by dust to appear. Findings are that occupational diseases develop reliably faster with higher ambient dust concentrations and with connective tissue dysplasia syndrome. Smoking habits do not alter duration of pneumoconiosis development, but reliably increases development of occupational dust bronchitis.
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Air Pollutants, Occupational/adverse effects , Models, Theoretical , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Respiratory Tract Diseases/epidemiology , Risk Assessment/methods , Adult , Disease Progression , Humans , Occupational Diseases/etiology , Prognosis , Respiratory Tract Diseases/etiology , Risk Factors , Siberia/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Two physiotherapeutic complexes are proposed for the improvement of functional characteristics of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems that can be used for the non-medicamentous treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases or concurrent broncho-pulmonary and cardiovascular pathologies. One complex is designed for the treatment of patients with asbestosis including that complicated by chronic obstructive bronchitis in the phase of remission with the well-apparent signs of myocardial electric instability. The use of the other complex is indicated to patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis in the phase of exacerbation and the signs of chronic pulmonary heart associated with cardiac dysrhythmia.
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Asbestosis/therapy , Cardiovascular Diseases/therapy , Ozone/therapeutic use , Respiratory Tract Diseases/therapy , Air Pollutants, Occupational/toxicity , Asbestos/toxicity , Cardiovascular System/drug effects , Dust , Female , Humans , Hypertension/therapy , Magnetics/methods , Male , Middle Aged , Occupational Exposure , Respiratory System/drug effectsABSTRACT
Cardiovascular pathology (CVP) is the main cause of death in patients with end-stage chronic renal failure (ESCRF) and recipients of renal allotransplants (RAT). Combined CVP is found in many patients with ESCRF. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of pre-existing combined CVP on the length of life of recipients during the functioning of RAT. The results of renal allotransplantation were analyzed in 142 RAT recipients. Statistic processing was performed using tabulation, construction of survival curves, and Kaplan-Meier estimates. The study established the prognostic value of a combination of several CVP in one patient. The total severity of the prognosis for patients and RATs differs depending on the number of concomitant cardiovascular diseases. The presence of three or more CVPs before performing renal allotransplantation is a predictor of lower survivability. The length of RAT functioning is significantly shorter in patients with two or more CVPs before renal allotransplantation. The presence of combined CVP should be taken into account when selecting and preparing patients with ESCRF for renal allotransplantation.