Journal article
Integrating Clinical Probability into the Diagnostic Approach to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: An International Working Group Perspective.
Abstract
Background: When considering the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), experienced clinicians integrate clinical features that help to differentiate IPF from other fibrosing interstitial lung diseases, thus generating a "pre-test" probability of IPF. The aim of this international working group perspective was to summarize these features using a tabulated approach similar to chest HRCT and histopathologic patterns reported in the …
Authors
Cottin V; Tomassetti S; Valenzuela C; Walsh SLF; Antoniou KM; Bonella F; Brown KK; Collard HR; Corte TJ; Flaherty KR
Journal
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 206, No. 3, pp. 247–259
Publisher
American Thoracic Society
Publication Date
August 1, 2022
DOI
10.1164/rccm.202111-2607pp
ISSN
1073-449X