Lung functional failures of aircraft crew members after “fume event”: diagnostics and biomonitoring

An increasing number of reports describe among others respiratory symptoms in airline crew members correlated to cabin air incidents („fume event“, FE). So far, no consensus exists about the diagnostic approach. Methods: Symptom-related lung function diagnostics as well as blood and urine samples screened for organophosphates (OP) and/or various VOCs were performed. Results: Out of our nearly 300 symptomatic FE patients about 75%...