title: Functional respiratory assessment in interstitial lung disease.
abstract: Interstitial lung diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders that affect, to a greater or lesser degree, the alveolus, peripheral airway, and septal interstitium. Functional assessment in patients suspected of having an interstitial lung disease has implications for diagnosis and makes it possible to objectively analyze both response to treatment and prognosis. Recently the clinical value of lung-diffusing capacity and the six-minute walking test has been confirmed, and these are now important additions to the traditional assessment of lung function that is based on spirometry. Here we review the state-of-the-art methods for the assessment of patients with interstitial lung disease.
authors: Department of Respiratory Physiology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México, D.F., México.|Asthma Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México, D.F., México.
authors: José Luis
authors: JL
authors: Miguel-Reyes
authors: Department of Respiratory Physiology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México, D.F., México.
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Gochicoa-Rangel
authors: Department of Respiratory Physiology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México, D.F., México.
authors: Rogelio
authors: R
authors: Pérez-Padilla
authors: Department of Respiratory Physiology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas, México, D.F., México.
authors: Luis
authors: L
authors: Torre-Bouscoulet
mesh_terms: D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011653:Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity / Q000379:methods; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D013147:Spirometry / Q000379:methods