Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases

Abbreviation-. DPLD, diffuse parenchymal lung disease. 

Figure 1 Diagnostic algorithm for approach to diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. Abbreviations. DPLD, diffuse parenchymal lung disease H P, history and physical examination PFTs, pulmonary function tests HRCT, high-resolution computed tomography Dx, diagnosis.

British Thoracic Society. The diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diffuse parenchymal lung disease in adults. Thorax 1999 54(suppl 1) S1-S28. 

Kawut SM, O Shea MK, Bartels MN, et al. Exercise testing determines survival in patients with diffuse parenchymal lung disease evaluated for lung transplantation. Respir Med 2005 99(11) 1431-1439. 

Aziz ZA, Wells AU, Hansell DM, et al. HRCT diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease inter-observer variation. Thorax 2004 59 506-511. 

Nicholson AG, Addis BJ, Bharucha H, et al. Inter-observer variation between pathologists in diffuse parenchymal lung disease. Thorax 2004 59 500-505. 

Leslie KO, Gruden JF, Parish JM, et al. Transbronchial biopsy interpretation in the patient with diffuse parenchymal lung disease. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2007 131(3) 407 23. 

Pleurisy with effusions Exudative pleural effusion Pericarditis with or without effusion Parenchymal lung disease Interstitial lung disease Acute lupus pneumonitis Organizing pneumonia Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage Airway disease... 

Respiratory In 30 Turkish coppersmiths the mean serum copper concentration was 0.93 mg/1 compared with 0.70 mg/1 in a control group [53 ]. In the coppersmiths, 17 high-resolution CT scans were abnormal, with diffuse parenchymal interstitial lung disease 10 had bronchiolitis and 7 had interstitial pneumonia. 

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