Diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in adults: an official ATS/JRS/ALAT clinical practice guideline

…, E Bargagli, JH Chung, BF Collins… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Background: This guideline addresses the diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). It
represents a collaborative effort among the American Thoracic Society, Japanese …

Rheumatoid arthritis-associated lung disease

M Shaw, BF Collins, LA Ho… - European Respiratory …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
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Interstitial lung disease in India. Results of a prospective registry

S Singh, BF Collins, BB Sharma, JM Joshi… - American journal of …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of acute and chronic
inflammatory and fibrotic lung diseases. Existing ILD registries have had variable findings. Little …

Antifibrotic therapy for fibrotic lung disease beyond idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BF Collins, G Raghu - European Respiratory Review, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Two antifibrotic medications (nintedanib and pirfenidone) were recommended (conditionally)
for the treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the 2015 IPF …

Clinical manifestations and treatment of antisynthetase syndrome

JL Marco, BF Collins - Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2020 - Elsevier
Antisynthetase syndrome (ASyS) is an autoimmune disease clinically manifested most often
by interstitial lung disease, myositis, and arthritis. Raynaud's syndrome, fever, and rashes …

Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at a single centre

G Raghu, E Morrow, BF Collins, LAT Ho… - European …, 2016 - Eur Respiratory Soc
We sought to assess whether laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery (LARS) is associated with
decreased rates of disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The …

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: an uncharacterised phenotype of dyskeratosis congenita and related telomere biology disorders

…, DW Cox, S Chaffee, BF Collins… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The telomere biology disorder (TBD) dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a multisystem inherited
bone marrow failure syndrome and cancer predisposition syndrome caused by germline …

Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia associated with autoantibodies: a large case series followed over 1 year

BF Collins, CF Spiekerman, MA Shaw, LA Ho, J Hayes… - Chest, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Some patients with autoimmune characteristics and idiopathic interstitial
pneumonia, particularly usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), do not fit neatly into the category of …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcoidosis and IPF in the same patient-a coincidence, an association or a phenotype?

BF Collins, RL McClelland, LA Ho, CR Mikacenic… - Respiratory …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and Sarcoidosis are distinct clinical entities.
Fibrotic disease in pulmonary sarcoidosis is typically upper lobe predominant. In IPF …

Thiazolidinediones are associated with a reduced risk of COPD exacerbations

ST Rinne, CF Liu, LC Feemster, BF Collins… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are oral antihyperglycemic medications that are
selective agonists to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and have been shown to …