Are there alternative methods to the evaluation of the functional repercussion of the pneumoconiosis in miners? An integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Luan Nascimento
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Coertjens, Marcelo, Costa, Tannara Patrícia Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Atenção à Saúde
• Texto Completo: http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_ciencias_saude/article/view/3966
• topic: pneumoconiose; exposição ocupacional; testes de função respiratória; aptidão física; pneumoconiosis; occupational exposure; respiratory function test; physical fitness

Introduction: Although it is not used in a common way in workers with silicone and nor provided as a complementary test by the legislation, the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) has a low cost, clinical applicability and it evaluates signals and symptoms of cardiorespiratory and muscular systems. Objective: In this sense, the objective of this work was to analyze alternative methods to the traditional ones used to evaluate the functional repercussion of pneumoconiosis in miners. Materials and methods: It is a narrative review, done through research of the online databases of MedLine, SciELO and LILACS. The terms used were: occupational disease, pneumoconiosis, lung function, miners and exercise capacity. Results: We checked that there are limitations to detect abnormalities in the initial phase of the pneumoconiosis through the use of X-ray of the chest and spirometry. The CT scans are sensitive to measure the involvement progression, however they present a large financial cost. The 6MWT combines the low cost and sensibility in the evaluation of functional repercussions and exercise capacity during the pneumoconiosis.