a diagnostic work-up and evaluation of the patient’s rehabilitation potential; a detailed description of specific problems the patient has in performing daily activities; chest X-ray or report review; pulmonary function testing; exercise testing that assesses oxygen consumption and oxygenation at rest ...
Patients without a diagno- sis of IPF were excluded from our cohort as were patients that had a coded diagnosis of post-inflammatory fibro- sis, connective tissue disease-related ILD, rheumatoid arthritis-related ILD, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, nonspe- cific interstitial pneumonia, and chronic ...
[7,8]. Likewise, CPA diagnosis can easily be overlooked as it often occurs with insidious symptoms superimposed on the patient’s pre-existing pulmonary disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), prior tuberculosis (TB), non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection, sarcoidosis, prior ...