Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
Original Article Role of canstatin in early fibrotic lesions of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and migration of lung fibroblasts
... Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) consist of a heterogeneous group of non-neoplastic disorders caused by damage to the lung paren- ...IIPs. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/usual ...
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Overlaps and uncertainties of smoking-related idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
... Smoking-related interstitial lung disease (ILD) consists of a heterogeneous group of disorders that are considered a distinct ...desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) as smoking-related ...
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Clinical impact of high-attenuation and cystic areas on computed tomography in fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
... brotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (fibrotic IIPs) were ...non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP; biopsy-proven in all) and unclassifiable ...usual interstitial pneumonia ...
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Prognostic value of immunohistochemical surfactant protein A expression in regenerative/hyperplastic alveolar epithelial cells in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
... We studied 43 patients with IIPs who underwent surgi- cal lung biopsy between 1995 and 2006 and were fol- lowed for at least three years after biopsy in the National Hospital Organization group hospitals in Kyushu ...
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Prognostic differences among patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonias with acute exacerbation of varying pathogenesis: a retrospective study
... complications of congestive heart failure (CHF) or pneumothorax/mediastinum emphysema. From the remaining pool, we further excluded those with ad- vanced lung cancer because we considered that the prognosis of patients ...
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Clinical and radiological features of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs): a pictorial review
... on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (2011) An official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT statement: idio- pathic pulmonary fibrosis: evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and ...
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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (IIPs): Review of Clinical, Radiographic and High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT)
... desquamative interstitial pneumonia. DIP is considered as a form of interstitial pneumonia in which the alveolar spaces shows the presence of diffuse exudation of pigmented macrophages ...of ...
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A Case of Acute Idiopathic Non-specific Pneumonia with Dramatic Response to Treatment
... In a series of 136 patients with biopsy-proven NSIP cases, the best prognosis was observed in the NSIP / OP sub- group of the histological subtypes (4). NSIP has a rea- sonably good prognosis when treated with steroids. ...
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Genetic testing in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF; ORPHA2032) is the most common of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. The histopathologic hallmark is a heterogeneous appear- ance in which areas of ...
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Cefditoren versus levofloxacin in patients with exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: serum inflammatory biomarkers, clinical efficacy, and microbiological eradication
... KL-6 is elevated in 70%–100% of patients with various interstitial lung diseases (idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, collagen vascular disease-associated interstitial pneumoni[r] ...
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Bacterial Pneumonias during an Influenza Pandemic: How Will We Allocate Antibiotics?
... Influenza can predispose a patient to bacterial pneumonias, and it has been estimated that approximately 25% of deaths during the influenza season are due to this complication. 12 Current evidence suggests that ...
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pathogenesis and management
... Nowadays, substantial advances have been achieved in the understanding of IPF pathogenesis and in the therapeutic possibilities that can be offered to patients. Nevertheless, major issues regarding diagnosis and ...
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Pulmonary fibrosis: patterns and perpetrators
... contrast, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and lethal form of fibrosing lung disease that is recalcitrant to therapies that target the immune ...
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Autopsy analyses in acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
... All autopsied lung materials were fixed in 10% formalin for more than seven days. At least one tissue block was prepared from the gross AE-IPF lesions in each lobe, and the tissue blocks were embedded in paraffin. ...
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Clinical characteristics of patients with familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (f-IPF)
... nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) or IPF in one first grade relative (mother, father, sister, brother or child), the search narrowed down to 28 index IPF ...
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Interstitial lung disease
... its idiopathic nature and the tendency, on occasions, for it to be confused with other forms of IIP, especially when there is progression to ...Acute interstitial pneumonia is a distinct IIP characterised ...
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Usual interstitial pneumonia - secondary vs idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
... Background: Interstitial Lung Diseases is a group of disorders where the pulmonary interstitium, alveolar structures and the small airways are ...Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) is a frequently ...
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Significance of Myositis Autoantibody in Patients with Idiopathic Interstitial Lung Disease
... with interstitial lung disease (ILD) related to connective tissue disease (CTD) have a delayed diagnosis of the underlying CTD when the ILD is categorized as ...with idiopathic ILD and investigated the ...
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Differential diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumonia: when is it truly idiopathic?
... fibrillation (diagnosed in 2004) for which he took 200 mg?day -1 amiodarone. He denied significant occupational exposures (he worked as sales representative), allergies, recent trips abroad or a family history of chronic ...
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Disorders of lung matrix remodeling
... acute interstitial pneumonitis (AIP), which has a similar time course and pathology as ARDS but no known precipitating event ...usual interstitial pneumonitis (UIP) ...
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