title: Worsening of pulmonary sarcoidosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite the frequent occurrence of worsening pulmonary symptoms in pulmonary sarcoidosis patients, there is little available information concerning this topic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this review, we outline the various causes for these symptoms. We propose to partition the various causes for these symptoms into specific categories.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that these categories will provide the clinician a framework to evaluate pulmonary sarcoidosis patients with such symptoms in a rigorous way that may be useful in optimizing their care.
authors.affiliation: aDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York bUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Judson
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Baughman
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy