Topical problems of pulmonology in contemporary occupational medicine

Respiratory tract diseases are very common in occupational medicine. The present literature review is aimed to specify topical directions of research in this sphere. The review is based on search in databases (e. library.ru, pubmed. com and Cocran library). Molecular genetic and proteome studies make a fundamental basis for better prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of occupational respiratory diseases. Other problems of maximal scientific and practical importance are: phenotyping of chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) for differential approach to patients management, new methods for early diagnosis of COLD, improved classification of pneumoconiosis according to contemporary view of occupational interstitial lung diseases pathogenesis, studies of immune suppression efficiency in rapidly progressing pneumoconiosis, understanding etiology of infectious complications of lung diseases with subsequent specifying the recommendations on rational antibacterial therapy.