2024
Development and evaluation of a questionnaire to capture environmental and occupational inhalational exposures in adults with fibrotic interstitial lung disease
Swaminathan A, McFatrich M, Mkumba L, Wright L, Redlich C, Snyder L, Reeve B, Patel D, Gulati M. Development and evaluation of a questionnaire to capture environmental and occupational inhalational exposures in adults with fibrotic interstitial lung disease. Respiratory Research 2024, 25: 372. PMID: 39407223, PMCID: PMC11481565, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-024-03000-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive interviewsContent validityExposure questionnaireMultidisciplinary teamSemi-structured interview guideEvidence of content validityFibrosing ILDsInterstitial lung diseaseRelevant exposuresFibrotic interstitial lung diseaseClinically relevant exposuresTrained interviewersInterview guideAssessment QuestionnaireQuestionnaireInterviewsLung diseaseAdultsTeamClinicPatientsSource of misunderstandingOccupational inhalation exposureValidityDisease
2015
Asbestosis and environmental causes of usual interstitial pneumonia
Gulati M, Redlich CA. Asbestosis and environmental causes of usual interstitial pneumonia. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2015, 21: 193-200. PMID: 25621562, PMCID: PMC4472384, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAsbestosAsbestosisEnvironmental ExposureHumansLung Diseases, InterstitialOccupational DiseasesRisk FactorsConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisUsual interstitial pneumoniaInterstitial pneumoniaDevelopment of IPFUsual interstitial pneumonia patternRecent epidemiologic investigationsEnvironmental exposuresFibrotic lung diseaseInterstitial pneumonia patternExposure-disease relationshipsIPF patientsPneumonia patternClinical courseIPF diagnosisPulmonary fibrosisHistopathologic patternLung diseaseAsbestos exposureRadiographic changesOverall burdenAsbestosis patientsClinical challengeEpidemiologic studiesCase controlAgricultural exposures