1. Fibrosis pulmonar idiopática
- Author
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Antoni Xaubet, Julio Ancochea, and Maria Molina-Molina
- Subjects
Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Lung ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Transplantation ,03 medical and health sciences ,Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030228 respiratory system ,Usual interstitial pneumonia ,medicine ,Etiology ,Genetic predisposition ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business ,Survival rate - Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a fibrosing interstitial pneumonia associated with the radiological and/or histological pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia. Its aetiology is unknown, but probably comprises the action of endogenous and exogenous micro-environmental factors in subjects with genetic predisposition. Its diagnosis is based on the presence of characteristic findings of high-resolution computed tomography scans and pulmonary biopsies in absence of interstitial lung diseases of other aetiologies. Its clinical evolution is variable, although the mean survival rate is 2-5 years as of its clinical presentation. Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis may present complications and comorbidities which modify the disease's clinical course and prognosis. In the mild-moderate disease, the treatment consists of the administration of anti-fibrotic drugs. In severe disease, the best therapeutic option is pulmonary transplantation. In this paper we review the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the disease.
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- 2017