COUNTERPOINT: Does Interstitial Pneumonia With Autoimmune Features Represent a Distinct Class of Patients With Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia? No

[摘要] Figures Figure 1 Kaplan–Meier survival curves of IPAF, IPF, and CTD-ILD cohorts. A, Overall, the IPAF cohort survival was significantly worse than the CTD-ILD cohort (P P = .07). B, After stratification of the IPAF cohort according to the presence of a UIP pattern on high-resolution CT imaging and/or surgical lung biopsy, patients with IPAF but without UIP demonstrated survival similar to those with CTD-ILD (P = .45), whereas those with UIP exhibited survival similar to those with IPF (P = .51). CTD-ILD = connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease; IPAF = interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features; IPF = idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; UIP = usual interstitial pneumonia. What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet1

[学科分类] 呼吸医学