Performance Characteristics of Pulmonary Function Tests for the Detection of Interstitial Lung Disease in Adults With Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis.
Elana J BernsteinSara JaafarShervin AssassiRobyn T DomsicTracy M FrechJessica K GordonRachel J BroderickFaye N HantMonique E HinchcliffAmi A ShahVictoria K ShanmugamVirginia D SteenZsuzsanna H McMahanPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2020)
PFTs alone are an inadequate screening tool for the diagnosis of ILD in patients with early dcSSc. HRCT should be part of the ILD screening algorithm in patients with dcSSc.