Authors
Ganesh Raghu, Martine Remy-Jardin, Jeffrey L Myers, Luca Richeldi, Christopher J Ryerson, David J Lederer, Juergen Behr, Vincent Cottin, Sonye K Danoff, Ferran Morell, Kevin R Flaherty, Athol Wells, Fernando J Martinez, Arata Azuma, Thomas J Bice, Demosthenes Bouros, Kevin K Brown, Harold R Collard, Abhijit Duggal, Liam Galvin, Yoshikazu Inoue, R Gisli Jenkins, Takeshi Johkoh, Ella A Kazerooni, Masanori Kitaichi, Shandra L Knight, George Mansour, Andrew G Nicholson, Sudhakar NJ Pipavath, Ivette Buendía-Roldán, Moisés Selman, William D Travis, Simon LF Walsh, Kevin C Wilson
Publication date
2018/9/1
Journal
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Volume
198
Issue
5
Pages
e44-e68
Publisher
American Thoracic Society
Description
Background: This document provides clinical recommendations for the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). It represents a collaborative effort between the American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, Japanese Respiratory Society, and Latin American Thoracic Society.
Methods: The evidence syntheses were discussed and recommendations formulated by a multidisciplinary committee of IPF experts. The evidence was appraised and recommendations were formulated, written, and graded using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach.
Results: The guideline panel updated the diagnostic criteria for IPF. Previously defined patterns of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) were refined to patterns of UIP, probable UIP, indeterminate for UIP, and alternate diagnosis. For patients with newly detected interstitial lung disease (ILD) who have a high …
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Diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. An official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT clinical practice guideline
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