Castelo Branco N A
Occupational Medicine Research Center, Lisbon, Portugal.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A27-31.
This paper describes the case of a patient, Mr. A, who died in 1987. The information provided by Mr. A in life, and his insistence on making a will demanding an autopsy on his death, has given us invaluable data on Vibroacoustic Disease (VAD). Mr. A was an intellectually curious man who researched the medical literature related to his condition, and compared it to his own experience. He would describe all his sensations during his many epileptic seizures. Solely because of the results of Mr. A's autopsy, new avenues of research were initiated. These have led to new concepts and exciting new perspectives on noise-induced extraaural pathology. VAD is today a well-established and easily diagnosed entity. This paper is a tribute to Mr. A, in whose honor we have an on-going commitment to establish VAD as an occupational disease, reimbursable by Worker's Compensation.
本文描述了患者A先生的病例，他于1987年去世。A先生生前提供的信息，以及他坚持立下遗嘱要求在其死后进行尸检，为我们提供了关于振动声学疾病（VAD）的宝贵数据。A先生是一个求知欲很强的人，他研究了与自己病情相关的医学文献，并将其与自身经历进行比较。他会描述自己在多次癫痫发作时的所有感觉。仅仅因为A先生的尸检结果，新的研究途径得以开启。这些研究带来了关于噪声性耳外病理学的新概念和令人兴奋的新观点。如今，VAD已是一个公认且易于诊断的病症。本文是对A先生的致敬，为纪念他，我们一直致力于将VAD确立为一种可由工伤赔偿报销的职业病。
