William D Travis, Ulrich Costabel, David M Hansell, Talmadge E King, David A Lynch, Andrew G Nicholson, Christopher J Ryerson, Jay H Ryu, Moisés Selman, Athol U Wells, Jurgen Behr, Demosthenes Bouros, Kevin K Brown, Thomas V Colby, Harold R Collard, Carlos Robalo Cordeiro, Vincent Cottin, Bruno Crestani, Marjolein Drent, Rosalind F Dudden, Jim Egan, Kevin Flaherty, Cory Hogaboam, Yoshikazu Inoue, Takeshi Johkoh, Dong Soon Kim, Masanori Kitaichi, James Loyd, Fernando J Martinez, Jeffrey Myers, Shandra Protzko, Ganesh Raghu, Luca Richeldi, Nicola Sverzellati, Jeffrey Swigris, Dominique Valeyre
BACKGROUND: In 2002 the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) defined seven specific entities, and provided standardized terminology and diagnostic criteria. In addition, the historical "gold standard" of histologic diagnosis was replaced by a multidisciplinary approach. Since 2002 many publications have provided new information about IIPs. PURPOSE: The objective of this statement is to update the 2002 ATS/ERS classification of IIPs...
September 15, 2013: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine