[HTML][HTML] Clinical, serological and radiological features of a prospective cohort of Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features (IPAF) patients

…, SE Torrisi, A Vancheri, M Colaci, M Pavone… - Respiratory …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mauro Pavone contributed to data acquisition, revision of the manuscript and provided final
approval of the manuscript. Responsibility for data: Dr. Gianluca Sambataro had full access …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) to the diagnosis and follow up of connective tissue diseases

N Ciancio, M Pavone, SE Torrisi, A Vancheri… - Multidisciplinary …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction Connective Tissue Diseases (CTDs) are systemic autoimmune conditions
characterized by frequent lung involvement. This usually takes the form of Interstitial Lung …

State of the art in interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: a systematic review on retrospective studies and suggestions for further advances

…, SE Torrisi, A Vancheri, M Pavone… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The term interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) has been proposed to
define patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with autoimmune signs not …

When to start and when to stop antifibrotic therapies

SE Torrisi, M Pavone, A Vancheri… - European Respiratory …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterised by progressive changes of the lung
architecture causing cough and dyspnoea and ultimately leading to lung failure and death. Today…

Patient-reported outcomes and patient-reported outcome measures in interstitial lung disease: where to go from here?

…, S Torrisi, M Calvello, A Libra, M Pavone… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), tools to assess patient self-report of health
status, are now increasingly used in research, care and policymaking. While there are two well-…

Impact of lung biopsy information on treatment strategy of patients with interstitial lung diseases

…, TV Colby, A Cavazza, AU Wells, M Pavone… - Annals of the …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Lung biopsy (LBx) has a relevant role in the prediction of prognosis of interstitial
lung diseases (ILDs), but its impact on the clinical management of patients remains …

The morphological domain does not affect the rate of progression to defined autoimmune diseases in patients with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features

…, A Vancheri, SE Torrisi, M Colaci, M Pavone… - Chest, 2020 - journal.chestnet.org
Results This study included 20 patients (UIPAF) from 160 patients with UIP evaluated by
pulmonologists and rheumatologists together (12.5%) and a control group of 61 patients …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using quantitative HRCT indexes

…, AG Torcitto, D Falsaperla, M Gioè, M Pavone… - Multidisciplinary …, 2018 - Springer
Background The assessment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) using HRCT requires
great experience and is limited by a significant inter-observer variability, even between trained …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative assessment of interstitial lung disease in Sjögren's syndrome

…, G Sambataro, C Bertolazzi, M Pavone… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a frequent manifestation of Sjögren’s syndrome
(SS), an autoimmune disease of salivary and lacrimal glands, and affects approximately 20…

Comorbidities of IPF: How do they impact on prognosis

SE Torrisi, A Vancheri, M Pavone, G Sambataro… - Pulmonary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a severe parenchymal lung disease characterized by
an intense deposition of collagen in the interstitial spaces. The introduction of anti-fibrotic …