Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: an additional risk factor for ARDS?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) identifies a recently recognized autoimmune syndrome characterized by interstitial lung disease and autoantibodies positivity, but absence of a specific connective tissue disease diagnosis or alternative etiology. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical presentation, diagnostic workup and management of seven critically ill patients who met diagnostic criteria for IPAF. We compared baseline characteristics and clinical outcome of IPAF patients with those of the population of ARDS patients admitted in the same period.

Results

Seven consecutive patients with IPAF admitted to intensive care unit for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were compared with 78 patients with ARDS secondary to a known risk facto

SUBMITTER: Grasselli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5603462 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature