Moderator of 5 Sessions
Description:
From smoke inhalation to exposure to common household and industrial chemicals, lung injury from acute toxic exposures is an important component of a respirologist’s clinical practice. This session will address common exposures and review strategies for assessment and treatment.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand important medical history to obtain when source of a toxic exposure is unknown.
2. Distinguish common forms of toxic inhalations.
3. Discuss treatment strategies for acute toxic exposures.
Learning Objectives:
•Be able to provide a differential diagnosis of treatment-related complications of lung cancer.
•Utilize cases to illustrate different complications of lung cancer treatment and how to manage them.
•Review immunotherapy-induced pneumonitis recognition and treatment.
These are a diverse group of disorders characterized by an increased number of eosinophils in one or more compartments of the lung and/or the peripheral blood stream, often associated with radiographic changes and PFT abnormalities..
Learning Objectives:• Review the major eosinophilic pulmonary disorders.
• Distinguish acute and chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP and CEP).
• Be familiar with common presentations of AEP, CEP, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (abpa), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg- Strauss Syndrome), hypereosinophilic syndrome.