Implications of the diagnostic criteria of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in clinical practice: Analysis from the Australian Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry.
Helen E JoIan N GlaspoleNicole Soo Leng GohPeter M A HopkinsYuben P MoodleyPaul N ReynoldsSally ChapmanEugene Haydn WaltersChristopher ZappalaHeather AllanSacha MacanshChristopher GraingeGregory J KeirAndrew HayenDouglas HendersonSonja KlebeStefan B HeinzeAnne MillerHannah C RouseEdwina DuhigWendy A CooperAnnabelle M MaharSamantha EllisSamuel R McCormackBernard NgDavid B GodboltTamera J CortePublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2018)
In clinical practice, physicians do not always follow IPF diagnostic guidelines. We demonstrate a cohort of IPF patients who do not meet IPF diagnostic guideline criteria, based largely on their radiology and lack of lung biopsy, but who have outcomes identical to those with IPF.