Drug hypersensitivity causing organizing eosinophilic pneumonia in a pediatric patient
| Autor: | Askin Uysal, Christopher L. Jenks, Michael F. Papacostas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Eosinophilic pneumonia Pediatric intensive care Pneumomediastinum Intensive Care Units Pediatric Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Bronchoalveolar Lavage Article Drug Hypersensitivity Eosinophilic medicine Humans Eosinophilia Pulmonary Eosinophilia Child Intensive care medicine Lung medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Medical record Pulmonary embolism medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Bronchoalveolar lavage Female medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Heart & Lung |
| ISSN: | 0147-9563 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2015.02.007 |
| Popis: | Objective To describe a relatively rare hypersentivity reaction with pulmonary manifestations in a pediatric patient. Data sources Electronic medical records. Study selection Patient treatment in the pediatric critical care unit. Data extraction and synthesis Electronic medical records. Conclusions Eosinophilic pneumonias are rare in the pediatric population. Peripheral eosinophilia is not necessary to make the diagnosis. Bronchoalveolar lavage is the diagnostic study of choice. Lung biopsies are rarely needed to make the diagnosis. The treatment of choice is steroids. If steroids fail to improve the patient's condition, consider IVIG, and cyclosporine A. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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