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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Introduction
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Lung fibrosis from unknown causes. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is available below.
Symptoms of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Dry cough
- Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
- Difficulty breathing
- Difficulty with exertion
- Fingertips enlargement (clubbing)
- more symptoms...»
Home Diagnostic Testing
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Complications
Review possible medical complications related to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis:
- Lung infections
- Respiratory failure
- Hypoxemia
- Right-heart failure
- Heart attack
- Lung embolism
- more complications...»
Medical Textbooks Online about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Diagnostic Tests for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Test for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in your own home
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?
- Misdiagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Failure to diagnose Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Undiagnosed: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Self Assessment Tools
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- Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
- Chronic Lung Disorders -- Self Assessment Tools
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Medical Mistakes
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases are difficult to diagnose. Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma or lung cancer often fail to be diagnosed early. Some of the chronic lung diseases with diagnostic difficulties include asthma (perhaps surprisingly), COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, mesothelioma, smoker's cough, AIDS-related respiratory conditions (see AIDS), chronic pneumonia, and other respiratory diseases. Rare possibilities include diseases like psittacosis (bird-related lung infection). See other types of chronic lung diseases....read more »
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Hospitals & Clinics: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
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- Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
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- Patient Safety
- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Rare Types
Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:
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Causes of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Treatments for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
See full list of 11 treatments for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
News Archives for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Medical news articles related to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis include:
- Smoking Worsens Prognosis for IPF Patients
- Licorice May Block Absorption of Organ Transplant Drug
- Health Tip: Treating Pneumonia
- Silver-Coated Ventilator Tubes Cut Risk of Pneumonia
- Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Pneumonia in Elderly
- TB Drug Treatment Can Lead to Severe Pneumonia
- Secondhand Smoke Worsens Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
- more health news...»
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Medical research articles related to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis include:
- Corticosteroids for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- BUILD-1: a randomized placebo-controlled trial of bosentan in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Short term improvement in exercise capacity and symptoms following exercise training in interstitial lung disease
- Physical training for interstitial lung disease
- BTS Interstitial Lung Disease Guideline
- more research...»
Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database
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Prognosis for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Prognosis for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Poor. Often death within 4-6 years of diagnosis.
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Definitions of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis:
Chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls with steady progressive dyspnea; finally, resulting in death from lack of oxygen or right heart failure. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, or a subtype of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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- Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Signs of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Complications of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Misdiagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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- Cure Research for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Deaths from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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- External links relating to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Interstitial Lung Disease (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Pneumonia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Acute pneumonia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pneumonia Variants (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Pneumonia (Handbook of Diseases)
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (Handbook of Diseases)
- Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia, idiopathic (Handbook of Diseases)
- Severe clinical presentations of diseases usually highlight important opportunities for aggressivediagnostic testing and treatment (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
- Start empiric coverage for resistant gram-negative organisms in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) andexacerbations of pulmonary disease (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
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