CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR ADULTS EXPOSED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER

CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR ADULTS EXPOSED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER In this issue: Seven years after the World Trade Center (WTC) attack, many New Yorkers continue to suffer disaster-associated physical and mental health conditions. Primary care providers should ask patients about WTC exposures, especially patients with respiratory symptoms, rhinosinusitis, reflux disease, mental health problems, and substance use disorders. Providers should know how to identify, evaluate, treat, and refer patients with conditions that could be associated with exposure to the disaster, and be alert to other WTC-associated illnesses that may be identified in the future. Because physical and mental health conditions are often intertwined, a coordinated approach to care usually works best and referral may be necessary. Click here for more... City Health Information is a publication produced by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as a primary means of communicating public health information to the City's medical care community.