Concordance and Prognostic Relevance of Different Definitions of Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease Progression.
Enrico De LorenzisFrancesco Del GaldoGerlando NatalelloFrancesco VaroneStefano Di DonatoLucrezia VerardiLucio CalandrielloVishal KakkarPier Giacomo CerasuoloAnna Rita LariciMaria Antonietta D'AgostinoSilvia Laura BoselloLuca RicheldiPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2024)
The four evaluated definitions of progression in SSc-ILD are not interchangeable, resulting in up to a third of cases being classified differently based on the adopted criteria, and presenting different prognostic values, particularly within specific clinical groups.