🧵 It is also important to assess the patient's symptoms (eg, dyspnea on exertion and cough), the radiological pattern on HRCT (especially if the pattern is usual interstitial pneumonia #UIP), and the extent of fibrosis.

In addition, it is important to have information about personal and family history that could be associated with familial pulmonary fibrosis and / or #telomere shortening syndrome.
🧵 #IPF #TRG #TelomereDysfunction