Interstitial Lung Disease

Air pollution has various effects on patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease, according to preliminary research presented at the PFF Summit.

Usual interstitial pneumonia was a common finding in lung biopsies of people evaluated for post-COVID-19 interstitial lung disease, according to data published in EClinicalMedicine.

A speaker at the PFF Summit highlighted recent trials and therapeutic updates for progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease.

Among patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease, low BMI and weight loss were independently associated with increased 1-year mortality, researchers reported in Chest.

Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc, highlights a study from ACR Convergence 2021 that assessed biomarker predictors of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease.

Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc, speaks with Healio about a presentation from ACR Convergence 2021 that reported predictors of mortality based on both rheumatoid arthritis and lung characteristics.

Black patients with systemic sclerosis had multiple poor prognostic features compared with non-Black patients, putting them at higher risk for mortality, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Use of the Envisia Genomic Classifier impacted physician decision-making for evaluation of interstitial lung disease by increasing the number of correct idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis diagnoses that were made with high confidence.

Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, discussed “unprecedented results” from DESTINY-Breast03 presented at the virtual ESMO Congress in a video interview with Healio.

Phase I of the Indian Chronic Kidney Disease study shows diabetes and chronic interstitial disease are the leading causes of chronic kidney disease in the Indian population.