Occupational Medicine Board Review Virtual Course (Includes Digital Syllabus)-OMBR

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Video Summary

This video is a slide lecture on clinical occupational medicine. It covers various topics such as pulmonary disease, infectious disease, and noise-induced hearing loss. The first part of the lecture focuses on pulmonary disease, specifically work-related asthma and pneumoconiosis. Work-related asthma is now the most common occupational lung disease in the United States and can be categorized as occupational asthma or work-exacerbated asthma. Occupational asthma is new-onset asthma specifically related to occupational exposures, while work-exacerbated asthma is the worsening of pre-existing asthma due to workplace exposures. The lecture also discusses the different types of allergens that can cause work-related asthma, such as high molecular weight allergens and low molecular weight allergens. Pneumoconiosis, on the other hand, refers to lung diseases caused by inhalation of dust particles, such as silica, asbestos, and coal. The lecture provides an overview of the clinical presentations and diagnostic tests for these pulmonary disorders. It also briefly mentions other occupational lung diseases, such as cobalt-induced hard metal disease and diacetyl-induced popcorn lung. The second part of the lecture delves into occupational infectious diseases, with a focus on occupational tuberculosis. The lecture discusses the guidelines for reducing TB transmission in healthcare facilities, including early identification of infectious patients, engineering controls, and the use of personal protective equipment. It also mentions the use of tuberculin skin testing and interferon gamma tests for diagnosing and monitoring TB infection. The lecture concludes with a brief overview of exposure control measures, such as isolation rooms and respiratory protection.

Keywords

clinical occupational medicine

pulmonary disease

infectious disease

work-related asthma

pneumoconiosis

occupational asthma

allergens

silica

asbestos

coal

occupational tuberculosis

exposure control measures