Eosinophilic pneumonia risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D[2]
Overview
Risk factors for eosinophilic pneumonia vary according to the type; acute pneumonia is related to the recent initiation of tobacco smoking. One third to one-half of the chronic pneumonia patients have a history of asthma.
Risk Factors
- Risk factors of eosinophilic pneumonia are various respiratory exposures, especially a recent initiation of tobacco smoking.[1]
- For acute type, two-thirds of patients are smokers, but there is usually no history of asthma.
- One third to one half of the chroinc pneumonia patients have a history of asthma.[2]
- Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia occurs acutely in previously healthy young adults, with a mean age of approximately 30 years, and with male predominance.[3]
References
- ↑ Alp H, Daum RS, Abrahams C, Wylam ME (1998). “Acute eosinophilic pneumonia: a cause of reversible, severe, noninfectious respiratory failure”. J Pediatr. 132 (3 Pt 1): 540–3. PMID 9544919.
- ↑ Philit F, Etienne-Mastroïanni B, Parrot A, Guérin C, Robert D, Cordier JF (2002). “Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia: a study of 22 patients”. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 166 (9): 1235–9. doi:10.1164/rccm.2112056. PMID 12403693.
- ↑ Pope-Harman AL, Davis WB, Allen ED, Christoforidis AJ, Allen JN (1996). “Acute eosinophilic pneumonia. A summary of 15 cases and review of the literature”. Medicine (Baltimore). 75 (6): 334–42. PMID 8982150.
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