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Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases
- Source :
- Case Reports in Rheumatology, Vol 2021 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- Interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) is highly heterogeneous in its clinical presentation and course. The diagnosis and management of CTD-ILD require a multidisciplinary approach involving, at minimum, a rheumatologist, a pulmonologist, and a radiologist. Close monitoring of patients with CTD-ILD is important to enable early detection of disease progression and inform decisions regarding the initiation or escalation of pharmacotherapy. In the absence of guidelines regarding how CTD-ILDs should be treated, clinicians face difficult decisions on when to use immunosuppressant and anti-fibrotic therapies. The importance of a multidisciplinary and individualized approach to the diagnosis and management of CTD-ILD is highlighted in the three case studies that we describe in this article.
- Subjects :
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
RC925-935
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20906889 and 20906897
- Volume :
- 2021
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Rheumatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3ffed0467743c09751e68dec5888e8
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6677353