{"title":"Diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis","authors":"Vijay Joshi, Zaneeta Nagji","doi":"10.1002/psb.1998","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia that currently carries a poor prognosis and remains incurable, though antifibrotic therapy can slow disease progression. This article provides an overview of its diagnosis, treatment and the management of co‐morbidities.","PeriodicalId":88184,"journal":{"name":"The Prescriber","volume":"2004 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Prescriber","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/psb.1998","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia that currently carries a poor prognosis and remains incurable, though antifibrotic therapy can slow disease progression. This article provides an overview of its diagnosis, treatment and the management of co‐morbidities.