Clinical characteristics and corticosteroid treatment of acute eosinophilic pneumonia

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 402-409

  Rhee, Chin Kook ^a   Min, Kyung Hoon ^b   Yim, Nam Yeol ^d   Lee, Ji Eun ^e   Lee, Na Rae ^e   Chung, Man Pyo ^c   Jeon, Kyeongman ^a,c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^e Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Pulmonary eosinophilia; Respiratory insufficiency; Smoking; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873356302     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00221811     Document Type: Article

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