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STANDARDS OF CARE FOR OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA
In this month’s Thorax, we publish the standards of care document for occupational asthma that has been developed by the British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Subcommittee responsible for developing guidelines on occupational asthma. As pointed out in the introduction to this document, occupational asthma remains a common disease in the UK, with up to 3000 new cases diagnosed each year. It is also estimated that one in 10 cases of adult onset asthma relate to sensitisation in the workplace. This is an important document for all respiratory clinicians. I also recommend the editorial by Tarlo in which she discusses the significance of occupational asthma and also "work-related asthma" when asthma worsens at work but is not in fact occupational asthma caused by workplace sensitisers.
See pages 190 and 240
SALBUTAMOL AND ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Acute lung injury (ALI) is an important cause of mortality in critically ill patients and is associated with alveolar
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