Interstitial lung disease and connective tissue diseases

Guler, Sabina; Geiser, Thomas (2016). Interstitial lung disease and connective tissue diseases. Therapeutische Umschau, 73(1), pp. 37-42. Huber 10.1024/0040-5930/a000753

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Lung involvement in rheumatologic diseases has a broad spectrum of clinical and radiological presentations, from acute inflammatory to chronic, fibrosing predominance. For prognostic and therapeutic considerations a detailled work-up 'and optimally multidisciplinary evalution is needed, also to rule out other reasons for pulmonary deterioration such as infection (under immunosuppressive treatment) or pulmonary hypertension. For treatment guidance, several aspects need to be taken into consideration, such as disease severity, disease activity, clinical and radiological presentation, prognostic markers and comorbidities. Immunosuppressive treatment differs based on the type of rheumatologic diagnosis, although evidence for optimal therapy is rare in ILD associated with rheumatologic diseases.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Pneumology
UniBE Contributor:	Guler, Sabina Anna, Geiser, Thomas (A)
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0040-5930
Publisher:	Huber
Language:	German
Submitter:	Rahel Holderegger
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2017 13:24
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2023 23:35
Publisher DOI:	10.1024/0040-5930/a000753
PubMed ID:	26884219
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/93080