Chair(s): Katerina Antoniou, Antoine Froidure
Session type: Postgraduate course
Elisabeth Bendstrup
Session content
Introduction
Helmut Prosch
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Lauren Troy
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Catharina C. Moor
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Break
George Margaritopoulos
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Acute deterioration of diffuse interstitial lung diseases of known cause: which patients should be admitted to an intensive care unit?
Elisabeth Bendstrup
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Summary of discussion and final case remarks
Wrap-up
Session aims
to explain how to interpret high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings in order to increase suspicion or diagnostic confidence of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD)/hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) and what the main pitfalls in interpretation of HRCT findings are; to explain when a lung biopsy sample is necessary to increase the diagnostic confidence of these disorders and which method is more likely to help in this regard; to discuss the importance of the timing of treatment initiation in these disorders; to discuss the choice of the right immunosuppressive agent and the timing of initiation of antifibrotic treatment (i.e., before, concomitantly or after the initiation of immunomodulation) according to current evidence in the literature; to discuss the management of acute exacerbations of these disorders and the eligibility for and timing of intensive care unit admission; to discuss the correct timing of and eligibility for lung transplantation referral in patients with fibrotic forms that do not respond to treatment; to conduct an interactive session involving the participants through multiple-choice questions and round table discussions.