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16545629

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Suppl 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
The diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) requires an integrated multidisciplinary approach involving pulmonologists, radiologists, and pathologists. Early recognition of IPF and of its differentiation from other interstitial lung diseases is important for directing patient management and predicting prognosis. Clinical suspicion of IPF should be raised when patients, particularly those over 50 years of age, present with dyspnea that is gradual in onset and progressive. A confident diagnosis of IPF can be made based on clinical assessment, pulmonary function test results, and radiographic and bronchoscopic evaluation. However, the definitive diagnosis of IPF requires a surgical lung biopsy to confirm the histopathologic pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0272-5231
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S17-25, v-vi
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Evolving concepts in the early and accurate diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK. r.dubois@rbh.nthames.nhs.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review