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Respiratory hazards of metal smeltingVidar Søyseth
Medical Division, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Curr Opin Pulm Med 19:158-62. 2013..This review will explore the recent studies (2010-2012) which address the impact of exposure to pollutants in the smelting industry on nonmalignant respiratory disorders...
Acute exacerbation of COPD is associated with fourfold elevation of cardiac troponin TVidar Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Sykehusvn 25, Lørenskog 1478, Norway
Heart 99:122-6. 2013....
Incidence of airflow limitation among employees in Norwegian smeltersVidar Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Faculty Division Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Lørenskog, Norway
Am J Ind Med 54:707-13. 2011..7 yielded higher incidence rates of airflow limitation than LLN. We found a significant association between the incidence of airflow limitation and occupational exposure in non-smokers...
The incidence of work-related asthma-like symptoms and dust exposure in Norwegian smeltersVidar Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Campus Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Lørenskog, Norway
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 185:1280-5. 2012..The prevalence of respiratory symptoms among employees in smelters is positively associated with dust exposure...
Statin use is associated with reduced mortality in COPDV Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, N 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
Eur Respir J 29:279-83. 2007..Treatment with statins was associated with improved survival after chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation, while inhaled corticosteroids appeared to increase the survival benefit associated with statin use...
The association between symptoms and exposure is stronger in dropouts than in non-dropouts among employees in Norwegian smelters: a five-year follow-up studyVidar Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Faculty Division Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, 1478, Lørenskog, Norway
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 85:27-33. 2012..We have investigated the association between respiratory symptoms and dust exposure among employees in 18 Norwegian smelters using a longitudinal design...
Prevalence of airflow limitation among employees in Norwegian smelters: a longitudinal studyVidar Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Lørenskog N 1478, Norway
Occup Environ Med 68:24-9. 2011..To investigate the association between airflow limitation and occupational exposure and to compare a fixed limit with an age adjusted limit for airflow limitation...
The association between hospitalisation for pneumonia and the diagnosis of lung cancerVidar Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Norway
Lung Cancer 57:152-8. 2007..Patients hospitalised for pneumonia had an increased incidence of lung cancer compared with the general population. This risk persisted for 6 years after the onset of the lung infection...
Prediction of dropout from respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation in a longitudinal respiratory studyVidar Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, NO 1478, Norway
Scand J Work Environ Health 34:224-9. 2008..This study investigated the possibility that employees reporting respiratory symptoms were more likely than asymptomatic workers to dropout of a respiratory study carried out in Norwegian smelters...
Production of silicon metal and alloys is associated with accelerated decline in lung function: a 5-year prospective study among 3924 employees in norwegian smeltersVidar Søyseth
Department of Medicine, Faculty Division, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, N 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
J Occup Environ Med 49:1020-6. 2007..To investigate the association between decline in lung function and production of alloys in the Norwegian smelting industry...
Dust exposure assessed by a job exposure matrix is associated with increased annual decline in FEV1: a 5-year prospective study of employees in Norwegian smeltersHelle Laier Johnsen
Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Postbox 75, N 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 181:1234-40. 2010..The relationship between dust exposure and annual decline in lung function among employees in the smelting industry is unknown...
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels are increased in stable COPDAnke M C Neukamm
Department of Cardiology, Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 27, Lørenskog 1478, Norway
Heart 99:382-7. 2013..To assess the distribution of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) concentrations in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and whether hs-cTnT is associated with pulmonary function...
NT-proBNP independently predicts long term mortality after acute exacerbation of COPD - a prospective cohort studyArne Didrik Høiseth
Division of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Respir Res 13:97. 2012..The prognostic value of NT-proBNP in patients hospitalized with AECOPD is sparsely studied. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that NT-proBNP independently predicts long term mortality following AECOPD...
Determinants of cardiac troponin T elevation in COPD exacerbation - a cross-sectional studyPål H Brekke
Department of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
BMC Pulm Med 9:35. 2009..The factors associated with cTnT elevation in COPD are not known...
Determinants of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T during acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort studyArne Didrik Høiseth
Dept, of Medicine, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
BMC Pulm Med 12:22. 2012..e. 14 ng/L) is common during Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD) and associated with increased mortality. The objective of the study was to identify factors associated with hs-cTnT levels during AECOPD...
Blood eosinophils in workers with aluminum potroom asthma are increased to higher levels in non-smokers than in smokersTone Sjåheim
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Rikshospitalet Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Oslo, Norway
Am J Ind Med 50:443-8. 2007..Aluminum potroom asthma (PA) has been described in several reports. This study aimed to investigate the association between blood eosinophils and PA...
Underdiagnosis of myocardial infarction in COPD - Cardiac Infarction Injury Score (CIIS) in patients hospitalised for COPD exacerbationPål H Brekke
Department of Medicine and Faculty Division, Akershus University Hospital, N 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
Respir Med 102:1243-7. 2008..We used Cardiac Infarction Injury Score (CIIS) to assess the prevalence of prior myocardical infarction (MI) in COPD patients and compared this to clinicians' previous diagnosis of MI...
