Lesson 4: Pulmonary Complications of Primary Immunodeficiency

Author:
Paul J. Maglione, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pulmonary Center and Section of Pulmonary, Allergy,
Sleep & Critical Care, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

OBJECTIVES

  1. Understand key aspects of the pathogenesis and clinical presentation of pulmonary disease in primary immunodeficiency.
  2. Summarize our understanding of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary immunodeficiency.
  3. Recognize the physiology, clinical presentation, and therapeutic approach to bronchiectasis in primary immunodeficiency.
  4. Identify distinct forms of interstitial lung disease occurring in primary immunodeficiency.