1. Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an algorithmic approach to diagnosis and management.
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León‐Román, F., Pintado‐Cort, B., Máiz‐Carro, L., Almonacid‐Sánchez, C., Mercedes‐Noboa, E., Rodríguez‐Calle, C., Velasco‐Álvarez, D., Pérez‐Figuera, A., Retegui‐García, A., Durán‐Barata, D., Rigual‐Bobillo, J., León-Román, F, Pintado-Cort, B, Máiz-Carro, L, Almonacid-Sánchez, C, Mercedes-Noboa, E, Rodríguez-Calle, C, Velasco-Álvarez, D, Pérez-Figuera, A, and Retegui-García, A
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IDIOPATHIC pulmonary fibrosis ,IDIOPATHIC interstitial pneumonias ,DISEASE exacerbation ,DIAGNOSIS ,INTERSTITIAL lung diseases ,COMPUTED tomography ,DISEASE progression ,ACUTE diseases - Abstract
Diagnosis After completing the previous steps of the algorithm, chest CT is required to evaluate parenchymal findings and to diagnose AE-IPF (standardized criteria for AE-IPF mentioned above) [5]. Finally, this algorithm was designed to facilitate the accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment of patients with AE-IPF. Treatment There is no specific treatment that has been shown to be effective for AE-IPF. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2021
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