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(Fr: PnP éosinophilique aiguë). See also under Ic: 'Eosinophilic pneumonia'. May cause ARF and ARDS. MV and/or ECMO may be needed. AEP is with diffuse pulmonary opacities, blood/BAL eosinophilia, pleural effusion and rapidly-progressive respiratory failure in the absence of a cause other than a drug or abused substance (e.g. parasitic infection). See also under IIb and XVb. Separating drug-induced vs. idiopathic AEP can be problematic (PMID 2761601)
Publications
Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia after Combined Use of Conventional and Heat-Not-Burn Cigarettes: A Case Report.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) 2022 Oct 26;58; — 2022 Oct 26
Heat-not-burn cigarettes induce fulminant acute eosinophilic pneumonia requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Respiratory medicine case reports 2019;26;87-90 — 2019 — 87-90
Acute eosinophilic pneumonia following heat-not-burn cigarette smoking.
Respirology case reports 2016 Nov;4;e00190 — 2016 Nov — e00190