Philippe Camus, M.D.
Dijon, France
The ICI camrelizumab and apatinib added to the list. Light shed again on ‘Novichok’, a very potent poisoning nerve agent said to be used against Alexeï Navalny in August, 2020. Important issues in the diagnosis of acute respiratory failure. Health professionals can be unknowingly exposed when delivering care to patient(s).
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Several cases of large and/or small airway inflammation and stenosis have been recently reported in patients exposed to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Possibly a class effect. Visible gross inflammation, bronchitis/bronchiolitis on histopathology described. In some, severe irreversible airway dysfunction developed (PMID 31198678, 31548826, 31914436)
Thanks to generous Gants from the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française (SPLF) (2019).