Performance of Forced Vital Capacity and Lung Diffusion Cutpoints for Associated Radiographic Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Showalter K, Hoffmann A, Rouleau G, Aaby D, Lee J, Richardson C, Dematte J, Agrawal R, Chang RW, Hinchcliff M. Performance of Forced Vital Capacity and Lung Diffusion Cutpoints for Associated Radiographic Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2018, 45: 1572-1576. PMID: 30275265, PMCID: PMC6214765, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.171362.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsScl-70 autoantibodiesPulmonary function testsNegative predictive valueInterstitial lung diseaseSSc-ILDVital capacityLung diseaseSystemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung diseaseRadiographic interstitial lung diseaseHigh negative predictive valueReceiver-operating characteristic curveForced Vital CapacityILD evaluationChest HRCTSystemic sclerosisFunction testsTomography scanAmerican CollegeFVCDLCOPatientsAutoantibodiesPredictive valueSSc criteriaThoracic radiologists