Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: current concepts

JH Ryu, TV Colby, TE Hartman - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1998 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is generally defined as a progressive, fibrosing
inflammatory disease of the lung parenchyma of unknown cause. It is characterized by …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pathobiology of novel approaches to treatment

TM Maher - Clinics in chest medicine, 2012 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a nonmalignant disease, yet it carries a prognosis akin to, or
even worse than, many cancers. Until recently, lung transplantation has been the only …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an unmet public health need

AS Lee, I Mira-Avendano, JH Ryu, CE Daniels - Respiratory medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fibrotic lung disease of unknown cause characterized
by relentlessly progressive restrictive-ventilatory limitation, hypoxia, dyspnea, and cough …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: current trends in management

G Raghu, J Chang - Clinics in chest medicine, 2004 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), also known as cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA), is a
chronic scarring illness limited to the lung and characterized by progressive dyspnea …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

JJ Swigris, WG Kuschner, JL Kelsey, MK Gould - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a relentlessly progressive and typically fatal interstitial
lung disease. Besides its grave natural history and prognosis, three aspects of IPF challenge …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: phenotypes and comorbidities

CD Fell - Clinics in chest medicine, 2012 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive fatal disease of the lung with unknown
etiology and limited treatment options. Once thought to be slowly progressive disease, more …

Overview of pulmonary fibrosis

FHY Green - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
Pulmonary fibrosis is a component of over 200 interstitial lung diseases. Some have known
etiologies, however, for many diseases, the etiology remains unknown or obscure. This brief …

Follow-up and nonpharmacological management of the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patient

JJ Egan - European Respiratory Review, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fatal form of diffuse interstitial
lung disease. Management of IPF requires an orderly approach, with regular evaluations …

[HTML][HTML] The diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

J Behr - Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common idiopathic interstitial
disease of the lung and has the worst prognosis of all such diseases, with a median survival …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the United States: time to diagnosis and treatment

MB Herberts, TT Teague, V Thao… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2023 - Springer
Objective Create a timeline of diagnosis and treatment for IPF in the US. Design, setting, and
participants A retrospective analysis was performed in collaboration with the OptumLabs …