The Approach to the Patient with Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Infiltrates

Authors

Ross Summer, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Presentation Date

2-26-2014

Abstract

Objectives:

1. Learn the most common causes of interstitial lung disease (ILD).

2. Understand the basic work-up for a patient presenting to a primary care practitioner with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates.

3. Learn the newest diagnostic and treatment approaches to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which is the most common form of ILD of unknown etiology.

Presentation: 50 minutes

Recommended Citation

Summer, MD, Ross, "The Approach to the Patient with Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Infiltrates" (2014). Department of Family & Community Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds. Paper 19.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/fmlectures/19