Emerging Trends in Pulmonary Fibrosis
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Pulmonology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 33692
Special Issue Editors
Interests: interstitial lung disease; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; pulmonary hypertension; sarcoidosis; lung transplantation; COVID-19
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is characterized by an admixture of fibrosis and inflammation infiltrating the interstitium of the lung in a diffuse fashion. There are many different causes of ILD, the more common and severe of which are characterized mostly by fibrosis. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common of the fibrotic ILDs and carries a prognosis that is worse than many forms of cancer. While there are data to suggest that there is an increasing incidence of IPF, there are also other emerging causes of pulmonary fibrosis, such as post-Covid ILD. The diagnostic and treatment paradigm of IPF and other fibrotic ILDs continues to evolve. Making an accurate diagnosis of IPF can be challenging and often requires a multidisciplinary approach. The advent of antifibrotic therapy over the past decade has changed the landscape of therapy for IPF and appears to have altered the natural disease course. Recent data suggest that pulmonary hypertension, a common complication, might be a viable target for therapy when it supervenes in IPF and other ILDs. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight and contextualize some of these recent advances in the field of pulmonary fibrosis.
Prof. Dr. Steven D. Nathan
Dr. Christopher King
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Interstitial lung disease
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- COVID-19
- Pulmonary hypertension
- High-resolution computed tomography