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Informationen zum Autor Philippe Camus, MD Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hôpital du Bocage and Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France Edward C Rosenow III, MD, MS, MACP, Master FCCP Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Former Chair Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Distinguished Clinician, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Klappentext A wide variety of pulmonary disorders can arise as side-effects of drugs presribed for non-respiratory disorders! or to which the body has been accidentally exposed. This is the definitive reference book to drug-induced and iatrogenic lung disease--international in approach! with a highly respected author team. As well as pulmonary disorders arising from adverse effects of drugs prescribed for non-respiratory disorders! areas considered include adverse effects arising from drugs and other substances to which the body has accidentally been exposed! and adverse effects arising from intentional drug abuse. Zusammenfassung Pulmonary disorders can arise as side effects to drugs which have been prescribed for other disorders, or those to which the patient has been accidentally exposed or has intentionally abused. This book will be the comprehensive definitve reference to drug-induced lung disease for the practicing respiratory physician. Inhaltsverzeichnis GENERAL: Classification, diagnosis, and management of drug-induced respiratory disease. Mechanisms of chemically induced respiratory toxicities. Imaging of drug-induced lung disease. Bronchoalveolar lavage in drug-induced lung disease. Pathology of drug-induced respiratory disease. Drug allergy in lung disease. DRUG-INDUCED RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES: Drug-induced upper airway obstruction. Drug-induced bronchospasm. Drug-induced pulmonary oedema and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Pulmonary complications of blood transfusion. Drug-induced alveolar haemorrhage. Pulmonary complications of illicit drug use. Iatrogenic tracheobronchial and chest injury. ONCOLOGY AND ALLIED CONDITIONS: Pulmonary reactions to chemotherapeutic agents: The 'chemotherapy lung'. Pulmonary reactions to novel chemotherapeutic agents and biomolecules. Radiation-induced lung disease. Pulmonary complications of bone-marrow and stem-cell transplantation. Pulmonary complications of solid-organ transplantation. Pulmonary infection induced by drugs. Therapy-induced neoplasms. NON-ONCOLOGICAL CONDITIONS: Pneumonitis induced by non-cytotoxic agents. Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity. Eosinophilic pneumonia induced by drugs. Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia induced by drugs or radiotherapy. Coughing induced by drugs. Pleural disease induced by drugs. Lupus erythematosus syndrome induced by drugs. Vasculitis induced by drugs. Pulmonary hypertension induced by drugs and toxins. Respiratory involvement from herbals. ...
