Publications by authors named "I Lindstrom"
Long-term clinical follow-up of irritant-induced occupational asthma.
Occup Environ Med
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Occupational exposure to irritants leads to poor asthma control, but the long-term effects on irritant-induced occupational asthma (IIA) patients are not well understood.
- A study evaluated 28 IIA patients years after diagnosis, measuring lung function, bronchial responsiveness, inflammation, and exercise capacity, revealing that many still had poor asthma control despite normal lung function.
- While most participants showed a slight improvement in asthma control over time, reduced physical capacity was prevalent and linked to inadequate symptom management and heavy medication use.*
Objective: The aim of the study is to assess the long-term physical condition, health-related quality of life, employment, and work ability of irritant-induced asthma (IIA) patients.
Methods: Forty-three IIA patients completed a follow-up questionnaire a median of eight (interquartile range 4-11) years after asthma diagnosis. We compared their results with those of 43 low-molecular-weight (LMW) sensitizer-induced occupational asthma (OA) patients and those of 206 adult-onset asthmatics in the general population.
Long-term outcome of occupational asthma with different etiology.
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol
April 2024
Purpose Of Review: This review summarizes the recent literature on the long-term outcome of sensitizer-induced and irritant-induced occupational asthma.
Recent Findings: Recent studies of sensitizer-induced occupational asthma show that after the offending exposure has ceased, most patients report at least partial relief of symptoms. However, in the long term, the diagnosis may negatively impact their careers, incomes, and quality of life.
Background And Objective: As markers of sarcopenia, psoas muscle areas and indexes measured from computed tomography images have been found to predict long-term mortality in cardiothoracic as well as other surgical cohorts. Our objective was to investigate the association between psoas muscle status, taking into account muscle density in addition to area, and survival among patients undergoing open thoracic aortic reconstruction.
Methods: This was a retrospective registry study of a total of 451 patients treated with open surgery for thoracic aortic pathology.
Occupational asthma, rhinitis and contact urticaria from greenhouse work.
Occup Med (Lond)
December 2023
Background: The current knowledge about occupational allergic diseases among greenhouse workers is scant.
Aims: To describe greenhouse workers' occupational allergic diseases.
Methods: We identified 28 greenhouse workers with occupational allergic diseases in 2002-2020 by conducting a systematic search in the patient register of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.