Substantial progress has been made in diagnosis, monitoring and treatment for NMD over the last decade. Pulmonary function testing (PFT) is utilized to objectively measure respiratory pump function and PFT milestones are utilized in NMD-specific pulmonary care guidelines. New disease modifying therapies...
66、consistent with most expert guidelines for ANA testing 36. Low-titre ANA positivity with these staining patterns are excluded because weak ANA positivity is present in many non-rheumatic patients and even in “healthy” control populations, especially the elderly 3639. Regardless of titre, ANA ...
BackgroundIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an age-related, progressive and irreversible lung disease.1 The diagnosis of IPF is made using clinical history, pulmonary function testing (PFT), and radiological appearances of Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) on High Resolution CT (HRCT) Scanning...