Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a specific form of chronic fibrosing interstitial lung disease associated with pattern Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) based on CT appearances or histology.

PSS3 CoSt-EffECtivEnESS of omalizumab in ChroniC idioPathiC urtiCaria rEfraCtory to h1-antihiStaminES in turkEy Tatar M.1, Sezen S.2, Senturk A.3, Balp M.M.4, Saylan M.2, Keskinaslan A.2 1Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 2Novartis Pharma, Istanbul, Turkey, 3Polar Polar Health Economics & Policy, Ankara, Turkey, 4Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland Objectives: Omalizumab is a humanised a...

Background. Transanal irrigation (TAI) can successfully treat neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD), but patient perception of its use in chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) is unknown. Objective. To evaluate patient perceptions of the efficacy and safety of TAI for CIC and whether there are predictive factors of perceived treatment response. Methods. Prospective data collection of baseline phys...

The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are chronic disorders characterized by inflammation in skeletal muscle but also other organs such as the skin, lungs, joints, gastrointestinal tract, and heart. effect of immunosuppressive treatment varies between individual patients organ manifestations within same individual. Many respond poorly to first-line with glucocorticoids agents methotrexa...

BACKGROUND Chronic cough may cause significant emotional distress and although patients are not routinely assessed for co-existent psychomorbidity, a cough that is refractory to any treatment is sometimes suspected to be functional in origin. It is not known if patients with chronic cough referred for specialist evaluation have emotional impairment but failure to recognise this may influence tr...