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Interstitial Lung Disease and Lung Transplantation

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2010
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and carries the worst prognosis. Currently the best treatment option is lung transplantation. Historically patients with IPF had poor outcomes following referral for lung transplant due to high waiting-list mortality. The introduction of the lung allocation
Sarah, O'Beirne, Ian P, Counihan, Michael P, Keane   +2 more
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Lung transplantation and interstitial lung disease

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2005
Interstitial lung disease includes a heterogeneous group of disorders that leads to respiratory insufficiency and death in a significant number of patients. Lung transplantation is a therapeutic option in select candidates.The indications, transplant procedure options, and outcomes continue to evolve.
Raed, Alalawi, Timothy, Whelan, Ravinder S, Bajwa, Tony N, Hodges   +3 more
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Autoantibodies in interstitial lung diseases

Pathology, 2019
The role of autoantibody testing for patients with interstitial lung disease is an evolving area. Recent guidelines recommend routine anti-nuclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor, and anti-citrullinated cyclic peptide antibody testing for patients undergoing diagnostic evaluation for interstitial lung disease, with further autoantibody testing reserved ...
Stevenson, B.R., Thompson, G.A., Watson, M.C., Bundell, C.S., Klinken, E.M., John, M., Lake, F.R., McLean-Tooke, A.P.   +7 more
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Occupational Interstitial Lung Diseases

Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2015
Evidence-based diagnostic and treatment guidelines for occupationally related interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) have been developed and are summarized herein.Comprehensive literature reviews were conducted with article abstraction, critiquing, objective grading, and evidence table compilation.
Francesca K, Litow, Edward Lee, Petsonk, Bruce K, Bohnker, Carl A, Brodkin, Clayton T, Cowl, Tee L, Guidotti, Philip, Harber, Jeremy J, Biggs, Kurt T, Hegmann   +8 more
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Lung transplantation for interstitial lung diseases

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2014
An overview over the role of lung transplantation in interstitial lung diseases will be given.Lung transplantation is an established therapy option for patients with various end-stage lung diseases. Currently, the worldwide procedural frequency is about 3600 per year.
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Lung Transplantation for Interstitial Lung Disease

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2012
For selected parenchymal lung disease patients who fail to respond to medical therapy and demonstrate declines in function that place them at increased risk for mortality, lung transplantation should be considered. Lung transplantation remains a complex medical intervention that requires a dedicated recipient and medical team.
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Cancer and interstitial lung disease

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2004
This review assesses the contribution of various conditions that cause interstitial lung disease to the development of cancer.Interstitial lung diseases for which the available evidence suggests an increased risk of lung cancer include idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, systemic sclerosis, and certain forms of pneumoconioses.
Vasken, Artinian, Paul A, Kvale
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Home monitoring in interstitial lung diseases.

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2022
M. Wijsenbeek, C. Moor, Kerri A. Johannson, P. D. Jackson, Y. Khor, Y. Kondoh, S. Rajan, G. Tabaj, B. Varela, Pieter van der Wal, R. V. van Zyl-Smit, M. Kreuter, T. Maher   +12 more
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Rheumatoid interstitial lung disease

British Journal of Diseases of the Chest, 1965
Summary A series of 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and diffuse interstitial lung disease has been described. In all but one the joint symptoms preceded the pulmonary changes. There was no correlation between the occurrence of pulmonary changes and the duration or severity of the joint condition, nor were these related to the level of ...
B H, Stack, I W, Grant
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Interstitial lung disease in the newborn

Journal of Perinatology
Although relatively rare, interstitial lung diseases may present with respiratory distress in the newborn period. Most commonly these include developmental and growth disorders, disorders of surfactant synthesis and homeostasis, pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis, and neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy.
Hannah Giunta-Stibb, Brian Hackett
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