(image: Wikipedia) Access the online GAP Score Calculator for IPF Although idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has a poor prognosis -- a median survival of only 3 years -- there is wide heterogeneity among individual patients. Some have a precipitous decline and die within months of diagnosis; others live for a decade or longer, with little apparent progression of IPF. This inherent uncertainty in prognosis provokes anxiety among patients and frustration among physicians trying to provide appropriate counseling, support, and timely referral to lung transplant centers. Previous outcome prediction models have been proposed, but so far none has been validated prospectively or entered wide use.
New IPF staging and prognosis model announced
New IPF staging and prognosis model announced
New IPF staging and prognosis model announced
(image: Wikipedia) Access the online GAP Score Calculator for IPF Although idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has a poor prognosis -- a median survival of only 3 years -- there is wide heterogeneity among individual patients. Some have a precipitous decline and die within months of diagnosis; others live for a decade or longer, with little apparent progression of IPF. This inherent uncertainty in prognosis provokes anxiety among patients and frustration among physicians trying to provide appropriate counseling, support, and timely referral to lung transplant centers. Previous outcome prediction models have been proposed, but so far none has been validated prospectively or entered wide use.