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Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Diagnosis and Management.

Francesco Varone, Bruno Iovene, Giacomo Sgalla, Mariarosaria Calvello, Angelo Calabrese, Anna Rita Larici, Luca Richeldi

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Review in Lung, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. The controversial effect of smoking and nicotine in SARS-CoV-2 infection.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2023
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  10. Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonia.Tuberkuloz ve toraks · 2023
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  11. The sirtuin family in health and disease.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Francesco VaroneFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Bruno IoveneFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Giacomo SgallaFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Mariarosaria CalvelloFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy. maricalve@yahoo.it.ORCID 0000-0002-3066-5412
Angelo CalabreseFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Anna Rita LariciFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Luca RicheldiFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a complex interstitial lung disease that is not entirely understood. In its chronic and fibrotic form, hypersensitivity pneumonitis is one of the main mimickers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Distinguishing between these two conditions is challenging but is of particular clinical relevance. Two approved therapies are available for IPF, and a considerable number of clinical trials are now exploring newer pharmacological options. This impressive research effort is a consequence of new pathogenetic understanding, updated diagnostic criteria and a long history of pharmacological trials. Conversely, current knowledge gaps on pathogenesis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, coupled with lack of validated diagnostic criteria, make the management of this disease an unsolved clinical challenge. This also reflects the paucity of therapeutic clinical trials in this field. In this review, we describe the current evidence and the possible future options to approach this complex disease.

Indexed as

Disease ManagementAlveolitis, Extrinsic AllergicDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansLungTomography, X-Ray ComputedAntifibrotic treatmentExposuresImmunosuppressionLung fibrosisMultidisciplinary managementUIP-like pattern

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