Integrating Emerging Evidence to Improve Recognition, Diagnosis, Early Intervention, and Long-term Management of Progressive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Last Reviewed: November 27, 2018
Expiration Date: November 30, 2019
Time to Complete Activity: 1.0 hour
*This activity expired for credit on November 30, 2019 and is no longer available for credit
Faculty
Kevin R. Flaherty, MD, MS, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Lisa H. Lancaster, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
This activity is provided by Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC.
This activity is provided by Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC.
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of pulmonologists, radiologists, and pathologists. It may also be of benefit to primary care physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, fellows, residents, and other healthcare professionals interested in the management of interstitial lung disease (ILD).
Statement of Need
Interstitial lung disease is progressive and severely debilitating. Clinicians need to understand the signs and symptoms of ILD and be able to distinguish among different types, particularly those associated with a progressive phenotype, including inflammatory connective-tissue diseases (eg, rheumatoid arthritis) and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, as well as unclassified ILD to better diagnose, monitor, and manage disease and maintain quality of life. The goal of this activity is to improve recognition and diagnosis of ILD with a progressive phenotype, and to improve management of these patients through integration of traditional and newer therapy options into routine practice.
Learning Objectives
Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Identify diseases most commonly associated with interstitial lung disease with a progressive lung disease phenotype that necessitate monitoring for lung involvement.
- Interpret presenting signs and symptoms to diagnose interstitial lung disease with a progressive lung disease phenotype.
- Assess the implications of recent and ongoing clinical research for the treatment of interstitial lung disease with progressive phenotype.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Progressive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease Concept
Chapter 2: Diagnosis of Progressive Fibrosing ILD
Chapter 3: Patient Case
Chapter 4: Clinical Management
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This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Faculty
Kevin R. Flaherty, MD, MS, FCCP
Grant/Research Support: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Genentech, Inc./Roche
Retained Consultant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Genentech, Inc./Roche; Veracyte, Inc.
Lisa H. Lancaster, MD
Grant/Research Support: Bellerophon Therapeutics; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Celgene Corporation;
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Retained Consultant: Bellerophon Therapeutics
Speakers Bureau: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Genentech, Inc.
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Independent fellow reviewer has no financial relationships to disclose.
Independent peer reviewer has no financial relationships to disclose.
Independent fellow reviewer has no financial relationships to disclose.
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