Research Interests of the Department

Research of the department focuses on following fields:

OCCUPATIONAL PULMONOLOGY

• Nanotechnologies and oxidative stress
• Markers of oxidative stress in the exhaled breath condensate in subjects with pneumoconioses (silicosis, asbestosis, pleural hyalinoses)
• Markers of inflammation in the exhaled breath condensate in allergic disorders
• Use of induced sputum in allergic asthma and rhinitis
• Early diagnostics and follow-up of occupational asthma
• Early diagnostics and follow-up of occupational rhinitis

OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY

• Antidotes for occupational intoxications
• Consequences of the intoxication with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
• Consequences of intoxication with lead, mercury, and thallium
• Occupational neurotoxicity
• Treatment of internal contamination with radionuclides

CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY

• Intoxications with recreational drugs
• Intoxications with new pharmaceuticals
• Reversibility of intoxications with hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic substances
• Treatment of mushrooms poisonings
• First aid after ingestion of chemicals
• Prevention of damage with household products

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

• Tracing new occupational diseases
• Trends in occupational diseases in the Czech Republic
• Diagnostics of occupational diseases, criteria for acknowledgement of occupational diseases
• Schedules of occupational diseases, international comparison