Consensus on work-related asthma.

摘要

The recently published consensus statement on work-related asthma from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) [1] [endorsed by the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada, the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) and the Canadian Society of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology and freely available on the website http://chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/ 134/3_suppl/1S] is the latest in a number of recent statements addressing aspects of this topic. Given the previous statements, some readers may question the merits of yet another relating to this topic, and further ask why it is a consensus statement rather than an evidence-based guideline. As some of the authors of these guidelines, we feel it is important for clinicians to understand how this statement differs from others as it may help in deciding where the advice suggested can be of most help in clinical practice.