Survival predictors of interstitial lung disease in India: Follow-up of Interstitial Lung Disease India registry

Conclusion: In a subgroup of patients with newly diagnosed ILD enrolled in ILD India registry and who were available for follow-up, M-GAP score predicted survival. Honeycombing at the time of diagnosis, along with accurate history of smoking, and previous history of tuberculosis were useful indices for predicting survival.

Source: Lung India - December 31, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sheetu Singh Mohan Bairwa Bridget F Collins Bharat Bhushan Sharma Jyotsana M Joshi Deepak Talwar Nishtha Singh Khushboo Pilania Parthasarathi Bhattacharya Neeraj Gupta Ravindran Chetambath Aloke G Ghoshal Surya Kant Parvaiz A Koul Raja Dhar Rajesh Swarnak Source Type: research