<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Management and attitudes about IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) among physicians from Latin America"^^ . "Background: The aim of our study was to assess current practice patterns and attitudes towards diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients in Latin America.\r\n\r\nMethods: A Cross-sectional survey was developed and up to 455 physicians were enrolled. We used a rigorous method of validation using the translated version of the AIR Survey. \r\n\r\nResults: Mean age was 47.5 years (SD 12.6) with 20.4 years (SD 12.3) of practice. In around 30% of physicians were reported access to radiologist, pathologist and multidisciplinary team. Despite almost all physicians reported that (ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT) guidelines are useful, half of them prescribed corticoids for treatment of disease. Most respondents (69.9%) reported cough as the presenting symptom. Around 80% considered IPF to be an important clinical disorder, and felt that identifying patients at risk for IPF was important or extremely important. However, only 59.7% felt confident in managing patients with IPF, and similar numbers (60.8%) felt confident about their knowledge. Pulmonologist have more confidence and management of IPF that no pulmonologist. \r\n\r\nConclusion: The results of this survey of Latin American physicians could help to fill gaps regarding awareness, management and treatment of IPF and improve earlier diagnosis of IPF."^^ . "2018" . . "18" . "5" . . "BioMed Central"^^ . . . "BMC Pulmonary Medicine"^^ . . . "14712466" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Annia"^^ . "Cherrez"^^ . "Annia Cherrez"^^ . . "Juan C"^^ . "Calderón"^^ . "Juan C Calderón"^^ . . "Silvia"^^ . "Quadrelli"^^ . "Silvia Quadrelli"^^ . . "Daniel"^^ . "Racines"^^ . "Daniel Racines"^^ . . "Erick"^^ . "Calero"^^ . "Erick Calero"^^ . . "Iván"^^ . "Cherrez-Ojeda"^^ . "Iván Cherrez-Ojeda"^^ . . "César"^^ . "Delgado"^^ . "César Delgado"^^ . . "Vincent"^^ . "Cottin"^^ . "Vincent Cottin"^^ . . . . . . "Management and attitudes about IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) among physicians from Latin America (PDF)"^^ . . . "12890_2017_Article_569.pdf"^^ . . . "Management and attitudes about IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) among physicians from Latin America (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Management and attitudes about IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) among physicians from Latin America (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Management and attitudes about IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) among physicians from Latin America (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Management and attitudes about IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) among physicians from Latin America (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Management and attitudes about IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) among physicians from Latin America (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #24265 \n\nManagement and attitudes about IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) among physicians from Latin America\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "610 Medizin"@de . "610 Medical sciences Medicine"@en . .