[Ausencia por enfermedad, condiciones médicas y de trabajo durante el embarazo en una cohorte de profesionales sanitarias].

Objectives: To assess the association between sickness absence (SA) trajectories by medical diagnoses and exposure to occupational risk factors during pregnancy.  Methods: SA trajectories were identified in a cohort of 367 pregnant workers from a healthcare institution (period 2010-2014), based on most frequent diagnosis using sequence analysis. Trajectory 1 included SA episodes due mainly to musculoskeletal disorders (58.

[The occupational physician's role in the detection and official recognition of occupational skin diseases].

Occupational and work-related skin diseases include all skin conditions (as well as those involving the mucous membranes and cutaneous annexes) that are caused, conditioned, aggravated or promoted directly or indirectly by workplace risk factors. Occupational health physicians (OP) are involved in all phases of the natural history of the disease: prevention, early detection, diagnosis, clinical management, and providing advice and support to the company and the worker in all these stages. This paper provides an in-depth review of the role of the OP throughout this process, underscoring the importance of coordination with the dermatologist and/or the allergist.