Case Report

Prolonged Respiratory Illness After Single Overnight Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Humidification: Endotoxin as the Suspect

Abstract:A patient developed a prolonged respiratory illness after a single overnight use of tap water to humidify air supplied by a constant positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, which she had previously used for six years without difficulty. During those years, she used only distilled water for this purpose, as instructed…

Posted in: bronchiolitis 2

Case Report

Topotecan-induced Bronchiolitis

Topotecan HCl is an antitumor drug exhibiting topoisomerase I-inhibitory activity. Topotecan is used in the treatment of metastatic carcinoma of the ovary and as second-line treatment of small-cell lung cancer. Reported dose-limiting adverse reactions to topotecan are primarily hematologic in nature. To date, only one other case of lung toxicity…

Posted in: bronchiolitis 2 chemotherapy 15 lung 7
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