Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: an additional risk factor for ARDS?
Giacomo GrasselliBeatrice VergnanoMaria Rosa PozziVittoria SalaGabriele D'AndreaVittorio ScaravilliMarco ManteroAlberto PesciAntonio PesentiPublished in: Annals of intensive care (2017)
This is the first description of a cohort of critical patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for IPAF presenting with ARDS. This diagnosis should be considered in any critically ill patient with interstitial lung disease of unknown origin. While management is challenging and level of support high, survival appears to be good and comparable to that of patients with ARDS associated with a known clinical insult.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- systemic sclerosis
- mechanical ventilation
- end stage renal disease
- case report
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- rheumatoid arthritis
- multiple sclerosis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- intensive care unit
- patient reported outcomes