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Dr Romi Singla - Department Of Pulmonary Medicine GMC, Patiala

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� Weekly doses 10-20mg<br />

� No correlation with Age, sex, duration of<br />

disease, or weekly or cumulative dose of the<br />

drug.<br />

� Incidence – 1-11%<br />

� Acute onset cough, fever, Dyspnea, new<br />

mixed alveolar and interstitial infiltrates<br />

� BAL to differentiate from infectious cause<br />

� NSIP/BOOP/Granuloma<br />

� Discontinue the drug, i/v Corticosteroids<br />

effective.

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