Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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Key articles

Raghu G, Collard HR, Egan JJ, et al. An official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT statement: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and management. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Mar 15;183(6):788-824.Full text  Abstract

Raghu G, Rochwerg B, Zhang Y, et al. An official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT clinical practice guideline: treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - an update of the 2011 clinical practice guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jul 15;192(2):e3-19.Full text  Abstract

Raghu G, Remy-Jardin M, Richeldi L, et al; American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, Japanese Respiratory Society, and Latin American Thoracic Society. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (an update) and progressive pulmonary fibrosis in adults: an official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT clinical practice guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 May 1;205(9):e18-e47.Full text  Abstract

Collard HR, Ryerson CJ, Corte TJ, et al. Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. an international working group report. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Aug 1;194(3):265-75.Full text  Abstract

Borie R, Kannengiesser C, Antoniou K, et al. European Respiratory Society statement on familial pulmonary fibrosis. Eur Respir J. 2023 Mar;61(3):2201383.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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127. Song JW, Do KH, Jang SJ, et al. Blood biomarkers MMP-7 and SP-A: predictors of outcome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Chest. 2013 May;143(5):1422-9. Abstract

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