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Comorbid Conditions in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Recognition and Management

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Medicine, August 2017
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Title
Comorbid Conditions in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Recognition and Management
Published in
Frontiers in Medicine, August 2017
DOI 10.3389/fmed.2017.00123
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Justin M. Oldham, Harold R. Collard

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown etiology, primarily affects older adults and leads to a progressive decline in lung function and quality of life. With a median survival of 3-5 years, IPF is the most common and deadly of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. Despite the poor survivorship, there exists substantial variation in disease progression, making accurate prognostication difficult. Lung transplantation remains the sole curative intervention in IPF, but two anti-fibrotic therapies were recently shown to slow pulmonary function decline and are now approved for the treatment of IPF in many countries around the world. While the approval of these therapies represents an important first step in combatting of this devastating disease, a comprehensive approach to diagnosing and treating patients with IPF remains critically important. Included in this comprehensive assessment is the recognition and appropriate management of comorbid conditions. Though IPF is characterized by single organ involvement, many comorbid conditions occur within other organ systems. Common cardiovascular processes include coronary artery disease and pulmonary hypertension (PH), while gastroesophageal reflux and hiatal hernia are the most commonly encountered gastrointestinal disorders. Hematologic abnormalities appear to place patients with IPF at increased risk of venous thromboembolism, while diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypothyroidism are prevalent metabolic disorders. Several pulmonary comorbidities have also been linked to IPF, and include emphysema, lung cancer, and obstructive sleep apnea. While the treatment of some comorbid conditions, such as CAD, DM, and hypothyroidism is recommended irrespective of IPF, the benefit of treating others, such as gastroesophageal reflux and PH, remains unclear. In this review, we highlight common comorbid conditions encountered in IPF, discuss disease-specific diagnostic modalities, and review the current state of treatment data for several key comorbidities.

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Unknown 109 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 14 13%
Student > Bachelor 10 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 7%
Student > Master 8 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Other 24 22%
Unknown 38 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 41 38%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 4%
Psychology 3 3%
Other 5 5%
Unknown 44 40%
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#3,071,932
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#10
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