• Epidemiology and Risk Factors
• 41 min
  1. The changing prevalence of asthma

  • Dr. Deborah Jarvis
• 29 min
  2. Recent advances in asthma genetics

  • Prof. Miriam Moffatt
• 35 min
  3. Asthma: an epidemic caused by epigenetics?

  • Prof. David Schwartz
• 30 min
  4. Role of the microbiota in asthma

  • Prof. B. Brett Finlay
• 32 min
  5. Diet and asthma

  • Prof. Lewis Smith
• 43 min
  6. Obesity and asthma

  • Prof. Anne Dixon
• 35 min
  7. Occupational asthma: management beyond the textbooks

  • Prof. Paul Cullinan
• Clinical Phenotypes
• 42 min
  8. The origins of asthma

  • Prof. Peter Sly
• 46 min
  9. Pre-school wheeze

  • Prof. Andrew Bush
• 50 min
  10. Updates on the management of difficult asthma in school-aged children

  • Prof. Andrew Bush
• 24 min
  11. Smoking asthmatics

  • Prof. Neil Thomson
• 27 min
  12. Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease

  • Prof. Chris Corrigan
• Mechanisms of Asthma
• 48 min
  13. Advances in asthma: airway inflammation

  • Prof. William Busse
• 48 min
  14. The role of mast cells in asthma

  • Prof. Peter Bradding
• 67 min
  15. Dendritic cells in asthma

  • Prof. Bart Lambrecht
• 30 min
  16. The airway smooth muscle in asthma

  • Prof. Judith Black
• 49 min
  17. Role of virus infection in asthma 1

  • Prof. Sebastian Johnston
• 27 min
  18. Role of virus infection in asthma 2

  • Prof. Sebastian Johnston
• 51 min
  19. Severe asthma: characterisation, mechanisms & treatment

  • Prof. Fan Chung
• 46 min
  20. Steroid resistance in asthma: mechanisms and potential therapies

  • Prof. Ian Adcock
• 26 min
  21. Macrophage in asthma

  • Prof. Douglas Robinson
• Diagnosis of Asthma
• 70 min
  22. Physiology of asthma and involvement of small airways

  • Prof. Charles G. Irvin
• 27 min
  23. Induced sputum in asthma

  • Prof. Antonio Spanevello
• 61 min
  24. Advances in asthma: the role of exhaled nitric oxide in the assessment and management of asthma

  • Prof. Robin Taylor
• Therapy and Management
• 41 min
  25. Pulmonary drug delivery

  • Prof. Anthony J. Hickey
• 32 min
  26. The management of chronic asthma

  • Prof. Mark Fitzgerald
• 21 min
  27. Inhaled corticosteroids and beta2-agonists

  • Dr. Omar S. Usmani
• 20 min
  28. Management of "difficult asthma"

  • Prof. Elisabeth Bel
• 47 min
  29. Management of acute exacerbations of asthma

  • Dr. Chris Fanta
• 34 min
  30. Non-pharmacological treatments for asthma

  • Prof. Neil Thomson
• 45 min
  31. Asthma: beyond the prescription

  • Prof. Martyn Partridge
• 45 min
  32. New drugs for asthma

  • Prof. Peter Barnes
• 24 min
  33. Anti-IgE therapy for asthma

  • Dr. Andrew Menzies-Gow
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 45 min
  34. New drugs for asthma

  • Prof. Peter Barnes
• 35 min
  35. Asthma phenotypes in children

  • Prof. Andrew Bush
• 40 min
  36. Steroid resistance in asthma: mechanisms and potential therapies

  • Prof. Ian Adcock
• 42 min
  37. Severe asthma in children

  • Prof. Andrew Bush

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1. Introduction
2. Premise and plan
3. Case details
4. When to consider an occupational aetiology
5. Case details - work
6. Foam insulating board manufacturing process (1)
7. Foam insulating board manufacturing process (2)
8. Is the work causally related to the asthma?
9. Occupational asthma arises from sensitisation
10. Is your patient working with a sensitising agent?
11. Respiratory sensitising agents with high mass
12. Respiratory sensitising agents with low mass
13. Sensitising agent - if you're not sure
14. An example of a safety data sheet - look for R42
15. Some tips
16. A recognised 'respiratory sensitising agent'?
17. What is the probability that the patient has OA?
18. Occupational or work-exacerbated asthma (1)
19. Occupational or work-exacerbated asthma (2)
20. Occupational or work-exacerbated asthma (3)
21. Understanding the context (UK)
22. Relocation of an employee with OA
23. Getting it wrong can be disastrous
24. Is immunology going to be helpful?
25. Using immunology intelligently in OA
26. Comparison of function at and away from work
27. Example of PEF plot
28. Is what has been done enough?
29. Specific inhalation challenge
30. Results of specific inhalation challenge
31. Outcome
32. A brief summary

Topics Covered

• A wide variety of agents can cause occupational asthma
• A case study of possible occupational asthma
• Important points to consider for potential occupational asthma sufferers; diagnosis and approach
• Identification and care of patients

Links

Series:

• Advances in Asthma

Categories:

• Clinical Practice

Therapeutic Areas:

• Respiratory Diseases

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on December 27, 2012

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Paul Cullinan has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.