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P Wald

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PubMed1993

Occupational asthma in a pesticides manufacturing worker.

A 34-year-old chemical manufacturing worker had new onset of work-related asthma after several years of exposure to the fungicide, captafol. On specific bronchial challenge testing, he demonstrated a marked and persistent fall in FEV1. Cessation of exposure resulted in improved symptoms and pulmonary function. The delay in symptoms after several years of workplace exposure and the dual reaction demonstrated on specific bronchial challenge testing suggest sensitization to some component of technical-grade captafol, but an IgE response was not detected.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

Evidence of neurologic dysfunction related to long-term ethylene oxide exposure.

Eight hospital workers with chronic ethylene oxide exposure were age-sex matched with eight nonexposed controls with no significant differences in educational backgrounds and vocabulary scores. The exposed group performed more poorly on all eight measures of cognition, memory, attention, and coordination, with 71.3% less accuracy on the Hand-Eye Coordination Test. There was a dose-response relationship between exposure and the following: Continuous Performance Test and sural velocity. These findings suggest that neurologic dysfunction may result from long-term low-dose exposure to ethylene oxide, and that these effects may occur at exposure levels common in hospital sterilizer operations.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

Esophageal tear following forceful removal of an impacted oral-gastric lavage tube.

We report an unusual complication of oral-gastric lavage in a drug overdose patient. During the lavage procedure, the oral-gastric tube became impacted in the esophagus. Forceful removal of the tube resulted in an esophageal tear. The patient did well with conservative management and was discharged with no long-term sequelae.

Administration, Oral↗
PubMed1981

Candidal splenic abscesses complicating acute leukemia of childhood treated by splenectomy.

Two patients with acute leukemia were found to have candidal splenic abscesses. Both patients were in remission and had normal granulocyte counts at the time the abscesses became evident. Both patients were treated with splenectomy and antifungal therapy with a definite response. The incidence and treatment of fungal splenic abscesses in leukemia patients is discussed with emphasis on the role of splenectomy.

Abscess↗