Diagnostic Approach to Interstitial Lung Diseases Associated with Connective Tissue Diseases

AC Zamora, LJ Wesselius, MB Gotway… - … in respiratory and …, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
Interstitial lung disorders are a group of respiratory diseases characterized by interstitial
compartment infiltration, varying degrees of infiltration, and fibrosis, with or without small …

Characterizing the lavage and serum cytokine profiles of interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features and their implications for progressive fibrosis

Z Zhang, X Ma, J Bai, S Xia, Q Han, Q Luo - Rheumatology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objective To explore whether cytokines could be potential biomarkers to predict the
occurrence of the progressive fibrosis (PF) phenotype among patients with interstitial …

Performance of GAP and ILD-GAP models in predicting lung transplant or death in interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features

MR Allen, MK Alevizos, D Zhang, EJ Bernstein - Rheumatology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To assess the ability of two risk prediction models in interstitial lung disease (ILD)
to predict death or lung transplantation in a cohort of patients with interstitial pneumonia with …

Presenting clinical and imaging features of patients with clinically amyopathic interstitial lung disease associated with myositis-specific autoantibodies

V Tzilas, A Tzouvelekis, V Sotiropoulou… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Lung involvement in the context of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies has
significant impact on outcome; early and accurate diagnosis is important but can be difficult …

Implementation of an Interstitial Lung Abnormality Clinic and Multidisciplinary Discussion

K Selvan, L Chelala, CT Lee, A Adegunsoye… - Respiratory …, 2024 - rc.rcjournal.com
A total of 20 clinic sessions were held over the course of the year. Referrals were solicited
through correspondence and educational presentations to departments and divisions where …

Secondary Raynaud's Phenomenon: Focus on Rheumatic Diseases

VH Ong, CP Denton - Raynaud's Phenomenon: From Pathogenesis to …, 2024 - Springer
Although much less common than primary Raynaud's cases, patients with secondary
Raynaud's phenomenon often represent a substantially greater clinical challenge. Distal …