PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cottin, Vincent
AU  - Crestani, Bruno
AU  - Valeyre, Dominique
AU  - Wallaert, Benoit
AU  - Cadranel, Jacques
AU  - Dalphin, Jean-Charles
AU  - Delaval, Philippe
AU  - Israel-Biet, Dominique
AU  - Kessler, Romain
AU  - Reynaud-Gaubert, Martine
AU  - Aguilaniu, Bernard
AU  - Bouquillon, Benoit
AU  - Carré, Philippe
AU  - Danel, Claire
AU  - Faivre, Jean-Baptiste
AU  - Ferretti, Gilbert
AU  - Just, Nicolas
AU  - Kouzan, Serge
AU  - Lebargy, François
AU  - Marchand-Adam, Sylvain
AU  - Philippe, Bruno
AU  - Prévot, Grégoire
AU  - Stach, Bruno
AU  - Thivolet-Béjui, Françoise
AU  - Cordier, Jean-François
AU  - ,
TI  - Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: French practical guidelines
AID  - 10.1183/09059180.00001814
DP  - 2014 Jun 01
TA  - European Respiratory Review
PG  - 193--214
VI  - 23
IP  - 132
4099  - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/23/132/193.short
4100  - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/23/132/193.full
SO  - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW2014 Jun 01; 23
AB  - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most frequent chronic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia in adults. The management of rare diseases in France has been organised by a national plan for rare diseases, which endorsed a network of expert centres for rare diseases throughout France. This article is an overview of the executive summary of the French guidelines for the management of IPF, an initiative that emanated from the French National Reference Centre and the Network of Regional Competence Centres for Rare Lung Diseases. This review aims at providing pulmonologists with a document that: 1) combines the current available evidence; 2) reviews practical modalities of diagnosis and management of IPF; and 3) is adapted to everyday medical practice. The French practical guidelines result from the combined efforts of a coordination committee, a writing committee and a multidisciplinary review panel, following recommendations from the Haute Autorité de Santé. All recommendations included in this article received at least 90% agreement by the reviewing panel. Herein, we summarise the main conclusions and practical recommendations of the French guidelines.