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Assessment and Treatment of Severe Asthma, According to Inflammatory Phenotypes, in Patients without a Response to
Treatment of Severe Asthma ... Eligibility for omalizumab ... Management #PCC #Asthma
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Aspergillosis (ABPA ... with underlying asthma ... Anti-lgE therapy (Omalizumab ... Aspergillosis #ABPA
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
clinical setting (asthma ... aspergillosis (ABPA ... #CXR #CTChest #ABPA
Asthma	and	Status	Asthmaticus
#Pharm #Management #Peds #Asthma #Status #Asthmaticus #Treatment #Options #Table #PEMSource
Asthma and Status ... Management #Peds #Asthma ... Treatment #Options #Table
Stepwise approach for managing asthma in youths greater than 12 years of age and adults as
approach for managing asthma ... of the National Asthma ... the presence of asthma ... immunotherapy and omalizumab ... If asthma is well
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
aspergillosis (ABPA ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity ... patients with asthma
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
histiocytosis • Allergic: Asthma ... eosinophilia, ABPA
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Lung Abscess - Asthma ... Differential #Causes #Table
Antiseizure Drugs 
Sodium Channel Blockers: Carbamazepine, Oxcarbazepine, Eslicarbazepine, Lamotrigine, Lacosamide, Phenytoin, fosphenytoin
Broad Spectrum: Valproate, Levetiracetam, Brivaracetam,
Retigabine (ezogabine) AMPA ... pharmacology #comparison #table
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... diagnosis #comparison #table