Do you consider the use of antifibrotics at presentation in patients with a radiographic UIP pattern of pulmonary fibrosis in the presence of positive serologies without any symptoms of CTD (ie, fulfilling a possible diagnosis of IPAF) who have not yet demonstrated evidence of a progressive phenotype?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I really like this question, because it succinctly encapsulates several areas of clinical uncertainty that we are routinely forced to address in our ILD clinics! Let’s unravel some of the subtleties here. For starters, if the radiographic pattern is convincingly that of UIP, our patient will t...
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