A decision model for the watch-and-wait strategy in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 54; no. 10; pp. 1792 - 1796
• Main Authors: Kwon, Hyun Mi, Kang, Eun Ha, Park, Jin Kyun, Go, Dong Jin, Lee, Eun Young, Song, Yeong Wook, Lee, Hyun-Ju, Lee, Eun Bong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Cohort Studies; Decision Support Techniques; Female; Humans; Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - drug therapy; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - etiology; Lung Diseases, Interstitial - mortality; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Scleroderma, Systemic - complications; Survival Rate; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Watchful Waiting; systemic sclerosis; immunosuppressive treatment; interstitial lung disease; decision model

To develop a decision model to identify SSc-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients who are eligible for watchful waiting at ILD diagnosis. One hundred and fifty-one SSc-ILD patients who received medical care at Seoul National University Hospital from 1986 to 2013 were enrolled in this r...