title: Response.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease at UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: lindellko@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Kathleen O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Lindell
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Margaret Q
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Rosenzweig
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pilewski
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease at UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Naftali
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaminski
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054990:Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male