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Highlights of the Brazilian Thoracic Association guidelines for interstitial lung diseases.

Instituto do Coração Divisão de Pneumologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia: publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia 06/2012; 38(3):282-91. pp.282-91
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are heterogeneous disorders, involving a large number of conditions, the approach to which continues to pose an enormous challenge for pulmonologists. The 2012 Brazilian Thoracic Association ILD Guidelines were established in order to provide Brazilian pulmonologists with an instrument that can facilitate the management of patients with ILDs, standardizing the criteria used for the diagnosis of different conditions and offering guidance on the best treatment in various situations. The objective of this article was to briefly describe the highlights of those guidelines.

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Keywords

2012 Brazilian Thoracic Association ILD Guidelines
 
criteria
 
different conditions
 
guidelines
 
ILDs
 
Interstitial lung diseases