Upright area-detector CT is equal to or better than supine ADCT in detecting the loss in lung function and assessing the severity of PPF.
Delayed IPF diagnosis often results in significant lung function impairment, impacting patient outcomes and increasing hospitalization rates. Antifibrotic therapies, nintedanib and pirfenidone, are ...
Despite patients sharing a usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern on lung CT scans, patients with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) demonstrated a slower ...