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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) affects 13-20 people per 100,000 population worldwide. In the United States, approximately 100,000 people have IPF with 30,000-40,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Diagnosis remains a challenge with a significant lag between symptoms onset and diagnosis. Delayed diagnosis and treatment can carry high morbidity and mortality. This book provides concise, easy-to-read, and up-to-date information as it relates to clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of IPF. Despite, adequate treatment, the disease progresses, and a lung transplant is necessary in some cases. This book also discusses the role of lung transplants for IPF and its complications. It is a useful resource for primary care physicians, allied health professionals, hospitalists, and pulmonary physicians who take care of patients with IPF.

Pulmonary fibrosis. --- Alveolitis, Fibrosing --- Diffuse fibrosing alveolitis --- Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis --- Fibrosing alveolitis --- Hamman-Rich syndrome --- Interstitial fibrosis of the lung --- Interstitial pneumonia --- Interstitial pneumonitis --- Lungs --- Pneumonia, Interstitial --- Pneumonitis, Interstitial --- Fibrosis --- Diseases

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This clinically focused pocket guide offers a concise yet complete overview of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, covering the most recent information on aspects such as pathophysiology, management, treatment, and clinical trials. The text is easily accessible and offers pulmonologists and other health care professionals with an excellent quick reference tool. Full color images and figures enhance and summarize key aspects of the text. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a condition that affects the alveoli and leads to serious lung damage, and the idiopathic nature of this disease means that the origin or cause is unknown. This disease is relatively rare, affecting 3 in 10,000 people, but it is becoming more common. Physicians should be aware of the early stages and symptoms of this disease so management strategies can be implemented quickly, and the best treatment can be administered.

Medicine. --- Respiratory organs --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Diseases. --- Pulmonary fibrosis. --- Alveolitis, Fibrosing --- Diffuse fibrosing alveolitis --- Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis --- Fibrosing alveolitis --- Hamman-Rich syndrome --- Interstitial fibrosis of the lung --- Interstitial pneumonia --- Interstitial pneumonitis --- Lungs --- Pneumonia, Interstitial --- Pneumonitis, Interstitial --- Fibrosis --- Diseases --- Pneumology. --- Respiratory organs—Diseases.

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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide delivers a concise review of our current understanding of disease pathogenesis and provides current evidence in the medical literature regarding its diagnosis and management.  Each chapter  includes key points and a summary aiming to update clinicians about various issues concerning the diagnosis and management of IPF. In addition to outlining the current state of knowledge, each chapter  also provides a summary of ongoing research and identifies the needs for future research in the field.  Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide is an important new text that provides its readers with a better understanding of the pathobiology and natural history of IPF as it continues to evolve.

Fibrosis. --- Pulmonary fibrosis. --- Alveolitis, Fibrosing --- Diffuse fibrosing alveolitis --- Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis --- Fibrosing alveolitis --- Hamman-Rich syndrome --- Interstitial fibrosis of the lung --- Interstitial pneumonia --- Interstitial pneumonitis --- Lungs --- Pneumonia, Interstitial --- Pneumonitis, Interstitial --- Fibrosis --- Medicine. --- Internal medicine. --- Respiratory organs --- Primary care (Medicine). --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Pneumology/Respiratory System. --- Internal Medicine. --- Primary Care Medicine. --- Diseases. --- Primary medical care --- Medical care --- Respiratory diseases --- Medicine, Internal --- Medicine --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Collagen diseases --- Diseases --- Pneumology. --- Emergency medicine. --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Respiratory organs—Diseases.