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When managing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), most physicians do not require a definitive diagnosis to initiate treatment and will prescribe antifibrotic therapy without requesting a surgical lung biopsy if a "working diagnosis" of IPF can be made (defined by diagnostic likelihood of 70% or more).
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This page is a summary of: Diagnostic Likelihood Thresholds That Define a Working Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, November 2019, American Thoracic Society,
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201903-0493oc.
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