Incidenţa şi evoluţia cazurilor de silicoză în Clinica de Medicina Muncii din Craiova, în ultimii trei ani

Abstract

In the past three years, in the Occupational Medicine Clinic in Craiova, the number of people diagnosed with silicosis increased continuously. The study was performed on a total of 315 patients admitted to the clinic, aged 40-73 years, of both sexes and various professions. Among hospitalized patients, 52% were womwn and 72% of those hospitalized had exacerbation of symptoms and complications requiring two to three hospitalizations in a year. The exposure time of the silica dusts was 5-17 years, and the retention time was 20-33 years. Approximately 72% of hospitalized patients presented exacerbation of symptoms for two to three times during a year and associated with complications such as pulmonary tuberculosis or chronic pulmonary heart or chronic respiratory failure.

В течение последних 3-х лет, в Клинике медицины труда г. Крайова, число больных с диагнозом силикоз постоянно растет. Наше исследование было проведeно на 315 пациентов, госпитализированных в клинике, с возрастом 40-73 года, обоих полов и разных профессий, среди них были 52% женщин. У 72% из числа госпитализированных пациентов регистрировались обострения и осложнения, которым требовались две-три госпитализации в год. Проведенный анамнез установил, что длительность воздействия пыли двуокиси кремния на организм заболевших рабочих колебалось от 5 до 17 лет, более поздние случаи встречаются через 20-33 года.