An Official ATS/ERSARS/ALAT Statement: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management

作者：Raghu Ganesh; Collard Harold R; Egan Jim J; Martinez Fernando J; Behr Juergen; Brown Kevin K; Colby Thomas V; Cordier Jean Francois; Flaherty Kevin R; Lasky Joseph A; Lynch David A; Ryu Jay H; Swigris Jeffrey J; Wells Athol U; Ancochea Julio; Bouros Demosthenes; Carvalho Carlos; Costabel Ulrich; Ebina Masahito; Hansell David M; Johkoh Takeshi; Kim Dong Soon; King Talmadge E Jr; Kondoh Yasuhiro; Myers Jeffrey; Mueller Nestor L; Nicholson Andrew G

来源：American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2011, 183(6): 788-824.

DOI：10.1164/rccm.2009-040GL

• idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• usual interstitial pneumonia
• evidence-based medicine
• diagnosis
• therapeutics

This document is an international evidence-based guideline on the diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and is a collaborative effort of the American Thoracic Society, the European Respiratory Society, the Japanese Respiratory Society, and the Latin American Thoracic Association. It represents the current state of knowledge regarding idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and contains sections on definition and epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, natural history, staging and prognosis, treatment, and monitoring disease course. For the diagnosis and treatment sections, pragmatic GRADE evidence-based methodology was applied in a question-based format. For each diagnosis and treatment question, the committee graded the quality of the evidence available (high, moderate, low, or very low), and made a recommendation (yes or no, strong or weak). Recommendations were based on majority vote. It is emphasized that clinicians must spend adequate time with patients to discuss patients' values and preferences and decide on the appropriate course of action.

• 出版日期2011-3-15