ALLMedicine™ Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis Center

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Air pollution consists of a multi-faceted mix of gases and ambient particulate matter (PM) with diverse organic and non-organic chemical components that contribute to increasing morbidity and mortality worldwide. In particular, epidemiological and...

Feb 3rd, 2022 - Approach Considerations The diagnosis of systemic sclerosis is based on the clinical manifestations. Nevertheless, a number of tests and procedures may be used in the initial diagnosis (eg, to exclude alternative diagnoses), the assessment of orga...

Jan 27th, 2022 - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common type of interstitial pneumonia. Lung cancer, mainly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), is a complication of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. IPF is also an independent risk factor of lung cance...

Jan 21st, 2022 - Smokers and patients with COPD are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, leading to severe COVID-19. This cross-sectional study involved resected lung tissues from 16 patients with GOLD stage I or II COPD; of which 8 were current smokers COP...

Dec 3rd, 2021 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can occur due to contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 has no confined treatment and, consequently, has high hospitalization and mortality rates. Moreover, people who...

Oct 12th, 2018 - "I'm speaking from a position of despair and anger." -- Joanne Lynn, MD, director of an elder care improvement program at Altarum in Washington, on the failure of the healthcare community and federal government to meet the healthcare needs of seni...

Sep 12th, 2018 - An updated clinical practice guideline for diagnosing interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) defines four diagnostic categories on the basis of lung imaging and provides specific testing pathways for each of them. Clinicians should first obtain a d...

Nov 25th, 2009 - Examining the Patient With Respiratory Distress Demeanor and Posture Patients in respiratory distress may appear restless, agitated, or drowsy. The patient's eyes may be prominent. Patients in respiratory distress will often sit leaning forward us...

Nov 23rd, 2009 - Observing the Nail Shape and Surface Clubbed Fingernails Clubbing involves a softening of the nail bed with the loss of normal Lovibond angle between the nail bed and the fold, an increase in the nail fold convexity, and a thickening of the end of...