Persistent Lower Respiratory Symptoms in the World Trade Center (WTC) Survivor Program, a Treatment Program for Community Members

2017 ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Caralee Caplan-Shaw ◽  
Joan Reibman
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Program ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Respiratory Symptoms ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center

scholarly journals Chronic and Acute Exposures to the World Trade Center Disaster and Lower Respiratory Symptoms: Area Residents and Workers

2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (6) ◽  
pp. 1186-1194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carey B. Maslow ◽  
Stephen M. Friedman ◽  
Parul S. Pillai ◽  
Joan Reibman ◽  
Kenneth I. Berger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
Respiratory Symptoms ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
World Trade Center Disaster ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center

Improvement in severe lower respiratory symptoms and small airway function in World Trade Center dust exposed community members

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 777-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caralee Caplan-Shaw ◽  
Angeliki Kazeros ◽  
Deepak Pradhan ◽  
Kenneth Berger ◽  
Roberta Goldring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
Respiratory Symptoms ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
Small Airway ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Airway Function ◽  
Trade Center

scholarly journals Longitudinal Change of PTSD Symptoms in Community Members after the World Trade Center Destruction

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Rosen ◽  
Zhaoyin Zhu ◽  
Yongzhao Shao ◽  
Mengling Liu ◽  
Jia Bao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Symptom Clusters ◽  
Longitudinal Change ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center

The World Trade Center (WTC) Environmental Health Center (EHC) is a treatment program for community members with exposure to the 9/11 terrorist attack and its physical and emotional aftermath. Compared to the general responders program, the WTC EHC is diverse with equal gender distribution, representation of many races and ethnicities, and a wide range of social economic status. Patients in the WTC EHC were initially enrolled for physical symptoms, most of which were respiratory, however a large portion of the enrollees scored positive for probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this paper we identify patient characteristics associated with probable PTSD. We also determine the characteristics associated with the longitudinal change of PTSD symptoms, including persistence and remittance, using the widely used Posttraumatic Check List-17 (PCL) cut-off value of 44, as well as changes in PCL total score and symptom cluster scores in patients of Low and High PTSD symptom severity. Few patients with elevated scores achieved a score below 44. However, longitudinal improvement in PCL score at follow-up was identified for patients with High PTSD scores (PCL > 57.5). Changes in PCL symptom clusters differed between those with High and Low PCL scores. These data suggest improvement over time in PCL score that differs depending on the severity of the score and variable responses in the PCL symptom clusters.

scholarly journals Risk factors for persistence of lower respiratory symptoms among community members exposed to the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 449-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah T Jordan ◽  
Stephen M Friedman ◽  
Joan Reibman ◽  
Roberta M Goldring ◽  
Sara A Miller Archie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Respiratory Symptoms ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Trade Center

scholarly journals Paresthesias Among Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Marmor ◽  
Yongzhao Shao ◽  
D. Harshad Bhatt ◽  
Mark M. Stecker ◽  
Kenneth I. Berger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Trade ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
Community Members ◽  
World Trade Center Disaster ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center
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