Pulmonary function tests in interstitial lung disease: what role do they have?

EH Alhamad, JP Lynch… - Clinics in chest …, 2001 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders with varying
histologic appearances characterized by a disruption of the pulmonary parenchyma. 295
Although the incidence is difficult to estimate with accuracy, Coultas and colleague^^^
completed an epidemiologic study in a New Mexico county suggesting an overall incidence
of 31.5/100,000 in men and 26.1/100,000 in women. Importantly, pulmonary fibrosis and
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) together accounted for 46.2% of all ILDs in men and …
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