UAB MedCast : Luckhardt Discusses New IPF Management Guidelines
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ( IPF ) is a rare lung disease that leads to progressive lung scaring and eventual respiratory failure ; it most often affects the elderly . The American Thoracic Society and other international bodies updated clinical practice guidelines for this disease in 2022 . Tracy Luckhardt , M . D ., a pulmonologist , summarizes the most important changes to diagnosis , pharmacological treatments , and non-pharmacological treatments . Learn more about the advantages of an interdisciplinary team in managing symptoms and comorbidities of IPF , including determining when a patient is a good candidate for clinical trials or a lung transplant .
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