OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (24): 3437-3440.

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Analysis on therapeutic effect of whole-lung lavage on pneumoconiosis from different perspectives

LIU Meng1, KONG Xiaomei2   

  1. 1. First Clinical Medical College,Shanxi Medical University,Taiyuan,Shanxi 030001,China;
    2. National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Pneumoconiosis,Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Respiratory,Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University,Taiyuan,Shanxi 030001,China
  • Received:2024-03-21 Revised:2024-04-08 Online:2024-12-15 Published:2026-04-09
  • Contact: KONG Xiaomei,Chief physician,E-mail:syyykxm8@163.com

Abstract: Pneumoconiosis is the most widely affected and hazardous occupational disease in China. Pneumoconiosis is a systemic disease caused by coal miners inhaling silica,coal dust,or other dust for a long time during occupational activities and storing them in the lungs,which stimulates alveolar macrophages to release inflammatory factors,leading to alveolar inflammation and causing diffuse and progressive fibrosis of lung tissue. Whole-lung lavage(WLL) is a widely used treatment for patients with pneumoconiosis,with proven clinical efficacy and safety. This article will review the changes in lung function,clinical symptoms and quality of life,imaging manifestations,arterial blood gas analysis,and inflammatory factors in patients with pneumoconiosis before and after WLL treatment,and analyze the therapeutic effect of WLL on pneumoconiosis.

Key words: Pneumoconiosis, Whole-lung lavage, Therapy

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