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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Excipients-Vehicle-Preservatives (of drugs)

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VI.b Pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Last update : 26/06/2012
 
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Identify causative drugs
Diagnosing DIRD
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Drug and radiation history
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Drug singularity - Correct identification of the drug
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Consistent timing of exposure v. onset of symptoms
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Clinical, imaging, BAL, pathological pattern consistent with the specific drug
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Careful exlusion of another cause
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Remission of symptoms with removal of drug
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Recurrence with rechallenge (rarely advisable)
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Causality assessment
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See also under
Amiodarone
5
Benzylbenzoate
1
Cremophor
1
Crospovidone
2
Preservatives
2
Ricin (Castor oil)
2
Sesame oil
1
Soybean
1
Talc (inhaled, sniffed, i.v., intrapleural)
3

Publications

Rapid development of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure due to large vessel intravascular microcrystalline cellulosis in an intravenous drug user.
Pulmonary circulation 2020;10;2045894020907871 2020
Images in clinical medicine. Pulmonary granulomas in an intravenous drug user.
The New England journal of medicine 2000 Nov 02;343;1312 2000 Nov 02
Pulmonary hypertension and foreign body granulomas in intravenous drug abusers. Documentation by cardiac catheterization and lung biopsy.
The American journal of medicine 1976 Nov;61;657-64 1976 Nov

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