Interstitial Lung Disease News

Between 2017 and 2023, more than 1,000 cases of progressive massive fibrosis emerged in coal miners, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Receiving care from a palliative telecare team resulted in more improvements in quality of life than usual care among patients with COPD, interstitial lung disease or heart failure, according to study results published in JAMA.

In patients with pulmonary fibrosis, consuming omega-3 fatty acids may improve diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide and lengthen survival, according to results published in CHEST.

Over time, adults with severe obstructive sleep apnea had more high attenuation areas on CT and lower lung function, which may signal early interstitial lung disease, according to data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The historical climate events of the past summer may have been eye-opening for all, but the health of patients with respiratory diseases and conditions has been particularly threatened due to these exposures.

SAN DIEGO — TNF inhibitors demonstrate comparable risks for hospitalization and death vs. non-TNF agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

The prevalence of patients with interstitial lung disease who receive treatment varied across countries, with some sex- and race-based differences, according to results published in CHEST.

Knowing that interstitial lung abnormalities heighten interstitial lung disease and all-cause mortality risk, it is important that pulmonologists know how to recognize and distinguish these abnormalities.

SAN DIEGO — Shortness of breath, male sex, age and elevated inflammatory markers are all more predictive of new interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis than disease duration, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2023.

SAN DIEGO — Monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease remains highly variable and “suboptimal” in the real world, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2023.