Suggestions for improving clinical utility of future guidelines for diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: results of a Delphi survey

Funke-Chambour, M; Albera, C; Bendstrup, E; Costabel, U; Grutters, Jc; Harari, S; Johannson, Ka; Kreuter, M; Strambu, I; Vancheri, C; Varone, F; Vitulo, P; Wuyts, Wa; Martinez, F; Raghu, G; Erice Participants: Carlo Albera,; Altinisik, Goksel; Ask, Kjetil; Balestro, Elisabetta; Bargagli, Elena; Bendstrup, Elisabeth; Bocchino, Marialuisa; Bonella, Francesco; Bonifazi, Martina; Cacopardo, Giulia; Maria Rosaria Calvello,; Diego Miguel Castillo Villegas,; Costabel, Ulrich; Cottin, Vincent; Crestani, Bruno; Funke-Chambour, Manuela; Gauldie, Jack; George, Peter; Jan, C Grutters; Harari, Sergio; Jenkins, Gisli; Johannson, Keri; Mark Glynne Jones,; Nicolas Carlos Kahn,; Kalluri, Meena; Keane, Michael; Kokosi, Maria; Kreuter, Michael; Lacedonia, Donato; Brett James Ley,; Marlies Sandra Lourens Wijsenbeek,; Luppi, Fabrizio; Toby Michael Maher,; Margaritopoulos, Georgios; Martinez, Fernando; Miedema, Jellerindert; Nesrin Mogulkoc Bishop,; Maria Molina Molina,; Molyneaux, Philip; Morisset, Julie; Palmucci, Stefano; Pavone, Mauro; Raghu, Ganesh; Renzoni, Elisabetta; Richeldi, Luca; Sebastiani, Alfredo; Simonetti, Jacopo; Spagnolo, Paolo; Giulia Maria Stella,; Sterclova, Martina; Strambu, Irina; Tomassetti, Sara; Nazia Chaudhuri Toner,; Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi,; Tsitoura, Elisavet; Turktas, Haluksaban; Tzouvelekis, Argyrios; Valenzuela, Claudia; Vancheri, Ada; Vancheri, Carlo; Varone, Francesco; Vitulo, Patrizio; Wells, Athol; Wuyts, Wim

doi:10.1183/13993003.04219-2020

Medical guidelines on diagnosis and management of relevant diseases aim to recommend clinical practice while standardising patient care. However, evidence-based guideline development is laborious and challenging, the recommendations require nuanced wording, and the optimal approach remains controversial.

Suggestions for improving clinical utility of future guidelines for diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: results of a Delphi survey / Funke-Chambour M, A.C., Erice participants: Carlo Albera, G.A.. - In: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. - ISSN 0903-1936. - ELETTRONICO. - 57:(2021), pp. 0-0. [10.1183/13993003.04219-2020]