This book serves as an introduction and a practical guide to Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis, presenting the definition, epidemiology, pathophysiology, methods for diagnosing the condition, treatment options, and prognosis. A variety of disease-related substances are discussed along with the clinical subtypes that distinguish between acute and chronic, fibrotic and nonfibbrotic kinds are brought to light in the first part. The parts that follow discuss several test options and assessments for managing hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). A kind of interstitial lung disease (ILD) known as HP is brought on by repeated exposure to a causative antigen. Antigen identification is crucial in the diagnosis of HP because many of its clinical characteristics overlap with those of other types of ILD. Additionally, because the frequency of HP varies around the globe due to climatic and geographic variations, as well as regional customs and occupational activities, specialized chapters including summer-type HP, bird-related HP, and humidifier's lung are also covered.

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis , a new volume in the book series Respiratory Disease Series: Diagnostic Tools and Disease Management, provides a useful reference manual for both beginner and experienced medical professionals, pulmonologists, radiologists, basic researchers, and pathologists assessing patients with interstitial lung disease. The most recent information on HP is provided, and readers will learn in-depth evidence, insights and problems currently being faced, which will set a foundation to future progress of clinical research on this disease as well as its diagnosis and treatment.

Provides a useful reference manual for pulmonologists, radiologists, and pathologists assessing patients with interstitial lung disease Presents in-depth evidence, insights and problems currently being faced associated with HP Each chapter addresses a key question that has not yet been completely answered

Autorentext
Prof. Yasunari Miyazaki
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Science, Tokyo, Japan

Inhalt

Part I Definition, Epidemiology and Pathogenesis.- 1 Definition and various antigens: What is the definition and causative antigens of HP?.- 2 Epidemiology, clinical features, and clinical subtypes in acute/chronic and nonfibrotic/fibrotic HP : What is the epidemiology of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in Japan and other countries?.- 3 Immunopathogenesis in allergic reaction, inflammation, and fibrosis: What is pathogenesis on imunology of HP?.- Part II Diagnosis.- 4 Clinical practice guideline, ATS/JRS/ALAT2020, CHEST2021, JRS2022 : What are the clinical guidelines in HP?.- 5 Antigen exposure assessment : What is antigen exposure assecement in diagnosis of HP?.- 6 Immunologic tests : What is immunologic tests in diagnosis of HP?.- 7 Exposure provocation test and antigen avoidance test : What are exposure provocation test and antigen avoidance test in diagnosis of HP?.- 8 Biomarker : What are biomarkers in diagnosis of HP?.- 9 Pathology : How does pathology contribute to diagnosis of HP?.- 10 HRCT : How does HRCT contribute to diagnosis of HP?.- Part III Management and Prognosis.- 11 Antigen avoidance : How much does antigen avoidance contribute to treatment and prognosis?.- 12 Steroid, Immunosuppressant, Anti-fibrotic drug : How much does Steroid, Immunosuppressant, Anti-fibrotic drug contribute to treatment and prognosis?.- Part IV Individual hypersensitivity pneumonitis.- 13 Summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis: What is summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis?.- 14 Bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis: What is Bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis?.- 15 Humidifier's lung: What is Humidifier's lungs?.