| Literature DB >> 32288712 |
J Schreiber1, U Müller-Ladner2.
Abstract
Rheumatic diseases are treated with manifold different drugs that can potentially be pneumotoxic. Adverse effects of drug therapy may induce a wide variety of bronchopulmonary and pleural disorders, which can have a life-threatening course. These side effects rarely have pathognomonic features; therefore, drug-induced diseases are relevant differential diagnoses of pulmonary manifestations of rheumatic diseases, infections, and other independent genuine pulmonary diseases. Diagnosis is based mainly on verification of a compatible disease pattern and exclusion of differential diagnoses, as well as on assessment of the temporal relationship and the consequences of drug abstention. © Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature 2018.Entities:
Keywords: Biologics; Connective tissue diseases; Drug side effects; Pulmonary fibrosis; Respiratory system
Year: 2018 PMID: 32288712 PMCID: PMC7101753 DOI: 10.1007/s10405-018-0209-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pneumologe (Berl) ISSN: 1613-5636