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Diagnostic Disparity of Previous and Revised American Thoracic Society Guidelines for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Author(s) -
Lee Fidler,
Shane Shapera,
Shikha Mittoo,
Theodore K. Marras
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2015/307893
Subject(s) - medicine , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , guideline , honeycombing , concordance , lung biopsy , cohort , high resolution computed tomography , retrospective cohort study , biopsy , radiology , lung , computed tomography , pathology
A revised guideline for the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was formulated by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) in 2011 to improve disease diagnosis and provide a simplified algorithm for clinicians. The impact of these revisions on patient classification, however, remain unclear.

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