title: IPF, comorbidities and management implications: Patient case 2.
abstract: PATIENT PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS: The patient is a 50-year-old woman who was referred to a tertiary centre with an HRCT showing definite UIP and a 6-minute walking distance of 145 metres. She was severely ill at presentation with a diffusion capacity of just 20%.The patient had a history of peripheral arterial disease and had undergone both aortofemoral and femoro-femoral bypass due to arteriosclerosis and gluteal ischaemia. She also was suffering from renal impairment and had recently quit smoking.
authors.affiliation: Århus Universitetshospital, Århus, Denmark. redazione@mattioli1885.com.
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hilberg
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003718:Denmark; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054990:Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011728:Pyridones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011859:Radiography; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D011728:Pyridones; C093844:pirfenidone