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Article: Respiratory therapists twice as likely to have asthma as other therapists.
- Article from:
- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- November 3, 2004
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2004 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Respiratory therapists are at an increased risk of developing asthma and asthma-related symptoms due to their involvement in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with respiratory conditions.
A new study in Chest showed that respiratory therapists have an elevated prevalence of asthma diagnosis after they enter into the profession and, when compared to physiotherapists, are more than twice as likely to develop respiratory symptoms.
The study also found that the administration of specific aerosolized medications and the use of certain diagnostic equipment were associated with an increased risk of asthma.