Clinical Diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

• Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 168; no. 8; pp. 952 - 958
• Main Authors: Lacasse, Yves, Selman, Moises, Costabel, Ulrich, Dalphin, Jean-Charles, Ando, Masayuki, Morell, Ferran, Erkinjuntti-Pekkanen, Riitta, Muller, Nestor, Colby, Thomas V, Schuyler, Mark, Cormier, Yvon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Am Thoracic Soc 15.10.2003; American Lung Association; American Thoracic Society
• Subjects: Algorithms; Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic; Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic - classification; Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic - diagnosis; Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic - etiology; Analysis of Variance; Antibodies; Antigens; Antigens - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy; Bronchoalveolar Lavage; Case-Control Studies; Decision Trees; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic tests; Disease; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Female; Granulomas; Human health and pathology; Humans; Lavage; Life Sciences; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Patients; Pneumology; Precipitins; Precipitins - blood; Pulmonology and respiratory tract; Respiratory Sounds; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; Time Factors; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Weight Loss; Human; Lung disease; lung diseases; Pneumonia; Respiratory disease; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Hypersensitivity; Clinical form; Diagnosis; interstitial; decision support techniques; probability

The diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is difficult and often relies on histopathology. Our objective was to identify diagnostic criteria and to develop a clinical prediction rule for this disease. Consecutive patients presenting a condition for which HP was considered in the differentia...