[Occupational diseases related to otorhinolaryngology].

In the German Ordinance on Occupational Diseases (BKV), there are currently 82 occupational diseases listed, of which 18 partially or completely fall within the field of ENT medicine due to the associated health disorders. Noise-induced hearing loss is usually the focus of attention for the ENT specialist, but it has long since ceased to be the only occupational disease. In order to help uncover possible causalities between occupational noxious substances and diseases, it is important that physicians report their own observations and new scientific findings regarding suspected cases to the German Social Accident Insurance, especially in situations where cancer may be linked to occupational influences.

Phenotyping chronic respiratory diseases with airways obstruction.

Given the high prevalence of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap (ACO) in Vietnam, there is an urgent need to establish a simplified strategy for categorising patients as either having asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This classification would streamline the application of treatment recommendations outlined by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).Patients with obstructive lung function were classified as having COPD, asthma, or ACO based on GINA/GOLD guidelines.