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Mixed pneumoconiosis is pulmonary disease due to two or more inhaled mineral irritants. Chronic disease due to beryllium has not been a component of any described mixed pneumoconiosis. A man with occupational exposure to a combination of dusts developed severe pulmonary disease. Silicosis, talcosis, asbestosis, and berylliosis were all documented by an open biopsy of the lung. The varieties of mixed pneumoconiosis are summarized.
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PMID:Mixed pneumoconiosis: silicosis, asbestosis, talcosis, and berylliosis. 43 29

Acute respiratory failure is a common life-threatening condition in old age. Structural alterations, progressive loss of lung functional reserves and weakening of pulmonary defense mechanisms are the main factors responsible. The aging lung itself contributes only little to the increased risk, but if combined with chronic lung disease, such as bronchitis, asthma, fibrosis, tuberculosis, pneumoconiosis, severe deterioration of lung function may occur. In many cases, respiratory failure results from an accumulation of the following factors: aging lung, chronic lung disease, cor pulmonale, acute complication. Today, chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) is one of the most important conditions leading to ventilatory failure in the elderly. Carcinoma of the lung and other manifestations of malignant diseases may also be important. Treatment of the acute respiratory failure in the elderly must include three components: 1. treatment of the acute complication triggering the crisis, 2. treatment of the underlying chronic disease, 3. treatment of concomitant extrapulmonary diseases. After recovery, special attention must be directed towards preventing repeated respiratory failure.
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PMID:[Pneumologic emergency conditions in geriatrics. With special reference to risk factors]. 650 Apr 59

This study estimates the extent of work-related chronic disease fatalities in Oklahoma. Occupational cancer, pneumoconiosis, and chronic respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, and neurological diseases are addressed specifically. Also, the costs of chronic occupational illness are estimated. Because many cases of work-related disease find their way to the primary care physician, an individual who often has little formal training in the recognition and diagnosis of occupational or environmental illness, the education of primary care physicians and medical students in occupational disease recognition and prevention is encouraged.
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PMID:Occupational illness in Oklahoma. 842 42