Time taken from primary care referral to a specialist centre diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an opportunity to improve patient outcomes?
Time taken from primary care referral to a specialist centre diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an opportunity to improve patient outcomes?
The care of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been transformed by the widespread approval of antifibrotic therapies [1]. Within primary care-based healthcare systems, the diagnosis of IPF and commencement of antifibrotic therapy typically requires a patient referral from a primary care physician to a respiratory physician in secondary care, with referral then made to a specialist interstitial lung disease (ILD) centre [2]. Following ILD centre review and multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussion, a diagnosis of IPF is made and antifibrotic therapy may be commenced.
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Brereton, Christopher J, Wallis, Timothy, Casey, Michelle, Fox, Lynn, Pontoppidan, Katarina, Laws, Diane, Graves, Jennifer, Titmuss, Vanessa, Kearney, Sarah, Evans, Sian Louise, Grove, Alison, Hamid, Samreen, Richeldi, Luca, O'Reilly, Katherine M.A., Fletcher, Sophie and Jones, Mark Glynne
(2020)
Time taken from primary care referral to a specialist centre diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an opportunity to improve patient outcomes?
ERJ Open Research, 6 (2).
(doi:10.1183/23120541.00120-2020).
Abstract
The care of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been transformed by the widespread approval of antifibrotic therapies [1]. Within primary care-based healthcare systems, the diagnosis of IPF and commencement of antifibrotic therapy typically requires a patient referral from a primary care physician to a respiratory physician in secondary care, with referral then made to a specialist interstitial lung disease (ILD) centre [2]. Following ILD centre review and multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussion, a diagnosis of IPF is made and antifibrotic therapy may be commenced.
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