Update on interstitial lung diseases

Mauricio Salinas; MATÍAS FLORENZANO; VERÓNICA WOLFF; JUAN CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ; HUGO VALENZUELA; CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ; ÁLVARO UNDURRAGA

Keywords: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic, Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias, Lung Disease, Interstitial

Abstract

Interstitial lung diseases are a broad, diverse, challenging group of diseases, most of them chronic whose prognosis is not good. In the last two decades there have been considerable advances in the knowledge of the epidemiology, pathological and genetic bases and treatment of several of these diseases. This article summarizes and presents updated information about their classification, new knowledge on genetics and treatments in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, advances in the diagnosis and management of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and a review of the broad spectrum of interstitial diseases associated with connective tissue diseases. Several clinical trials are currently underway whose results will be available in the coming years and will provide more information and tools to improve the treatment of these patients.

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Título según WOS: Update on interstitial lung diseases
Título según SCOPUS: Update on interstitial lung diseases [Enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales. Una perspectiva actual]
Título según SCIELO: Enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales. Una perspectiva actual
Título de la Revista: REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE
Volumen: 147
Número: 11
Editorial: SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Página de inicio: 1458
Página final: 1467
Idioma: Spanish
DOI:

10.4067/s0034-98872019001101458

Notas: ISI, SCIELO, SCOPUS