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vol. 23 no. 132 193-214
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- Received March 4, 2014
- Accepted March 17, 2014
- Published online May 31, 2014.
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- Vincent Cottin⇑,
- Bruno Crestani,
- Dominique Valeyre,
- Benoit Wallaert,
- Jacques Cadranel,
- Jean-Charles Dalphin,
- Philippe Delaval,
- Dominique Israel-Biet,
- Romain Kessler,
- Martine Reynaud-Gaubert,
- Bernard Aguilaniu,
- Benoit Bouquillon,
- Philippe Carré,
- Claire Danel,
- Jean-Baptiste Faivre,
- Gilbert Ferretti,
- Nicolas Just,
- Serge Kouzan,
- François Lebargy,
- Sylvain Marchand-Adam,
- Bruno Philippe,
- Grégoire Prévot,
- Bruno Stach,
- Françoise Thivolet-Béjui,
- Jean-François Cordier,
- the French National Reference Centre and the Network of Competence Centres for Rare Lung Diseases
- Vincent Cottin, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, 28 Avenue du Doyen Lepine, 69677 Lyon, France. E-mail: vincent.cottin{at}chu-lyon.fr
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Vol 23 Issue 132
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Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: French practical guidelines
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- Abstract
- Introduction
- Missions of the committees
- Guidelines development process
- Diagnosis of IPF
- Question 1: What main causes of diffuse interstitial pneumonia should be clinically investigated in patients considered to potentially have IPF?
- Question 2: What biological work-up should be performed in patients considered to have IPF?
- Question 3: Should BAL be performed in patients suspected of having IPF?
- Question 4: When should genetic testing be performed in patients suspected of having IPF?
- Question 5: What pulmonary function tests should be performed at the time of IPF diagnosis?
- Question 6: When is HRCT sufficient for the diagnosis of IPF in patients not subjected to video-assisted SLB?
- Question 7: In what patients should SLB be considered to establish the diagnosis of IPF?
- Question 8: What is the role of multidisciplinary team discussion in the diagnosis of IPF and how is it conducted?
- Question 9: How should prognosis be assessed in IPF patients?
- Treatment of IPF
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Footnotes
- References
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