Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Trastuzumab-Emtansine: An Analysis of French PH Registry and WHO Pharmacovigilance Database.

Background: Trastuzumab emtansine has been recently suspected to be associated with the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Research Question: Is there an association between trastuzumab, trastuzumab emtansine, or trastuzumab deruxtecan and the development of PAH?.

Study Design And Methods: Characteristics of incident PAH cases treated with trastuzumab, trastuzumab emtansine, or trastuzumab deruxtecan were analyzed from the French PH Registry, the VIGIAPATH program, concurrently with a pharmacovigilance disproportionality analysis using the World Health Organization pharmacovigilance database using a broad definition of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and a narrow definition of PAH.

Growth of home respiratory equipment from 2006 to 2019 and cost control by health policies.

Background: Home respiratory equipment (HRE) designed for the management of chronic respiratory failure includes oxygen therapy (O), noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E). The growth of the number of patients treated by HRE, the prevalence and the associated costs in France have not been determined.

Methods: The French open access national health insurance aggregated data was used to estimate the evolution of theses parameters from 2006 to 2019.

Measurement of hypoxia in the lung in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a matter of control.

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Daptomycin-induced eosinophilic pneumonia: Are there any risk factors?

Objectives: Daptomycin is a widely used antibiotic. Rhabdomyolysis related to daptomycin is one of the adverse effects of treatment, justifying the need for regular monitoring of muscle enzymes throughout treatment. Daptomycin may also lead to eosinophilic pneumonia.

[F]FMISO PET/CT imaging of hypoxia as a non-invasive biomarker of disease progression and therapy efficacy in a preclinical model of pulmonary fibrosis: comparison with the [F]FDG PET/CT approach.

Purpose: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease with poor outcome and limited therapeutic options. Imaging of IPF is limited to high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) which is often not sufficient for a definite diagnosis and has a limited impact on therapeutic decision and patient management. Hypoxia of the lung is a significant feature of IPF but its role on disease progression remains elusive.

HSP47: a potential target for fibrotic diseases and implications for therapy.

: Chronic fibrotic disorders are challenging clinical problems. The major challenge is the identification of specific targets expressed selectively in fibrotic tissues. Collagen accumulation is the hallmark fibrosis.

[Sclerosing pneumocytoma: A rare and benign tumor].

Introduction: Sclerosing pneumocytoma is a benign and rare lung tumor affecting epithelial cells. In most cases, patients are asymptomatic and the diagnosis is made on an X ray or a CT scan performed for other enquiry. Sex ratio favors women.

INTU-related oral-facial-digital syndrome type VI: A confirmatory report.

Oral-facial-digital (OFD) syndromes are a subgroup of ciliopathies distinguished by the co-occurrence of hamartomas and/or multiple frenula of the oral region and digital anomalies. Several clinical forms of OFD syndromes are distinguished by their associated anomalies and/or inheritance patterns, and at least 20 genetic types of OFD syndromes have been delineated. We describe here a child with preaxial and postaxial polydactyly, lingual hamartoma, a congenital heart defect, delayed development and cerebellar peduncles displaying the molar tooth sign.