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Identification and Characterization of Immunogenic RNA Species in HDM Allergens that Modulate Eosinophilic Lung Inflammation
Published on: May 30, 2020
Dobutamine-induced eosinophilia
Osama M El-Sayed1, Rehab R Abdelfattah, Robert Barcelona
1Division of Cardiology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Abstract:
A man with dilated cardiomyopathy presented with decompensated heart failure and marked eosinophilia. After extensive clinical and laboratory evaluation for hypereosinophilic syndrome, including a myocardial biopsy, it was determined by means of rechallenge (second dobutamine infusion) that the patient was afflicted with dobutamine-induced eosinophilia. This report is important because of the high utilization rate of this drug in a sick population. Simply discontinuing it or switching to another agent can avert the high cost and risk of the evaluation for hypereosinophilic syndrome in this compromised group of patients.
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