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Enfermedad pulmonar intersticial difusa - Prevention

Nombres alternativos

Alveolitis; Enfermedad pulmonar parenquimatosa difusa; Alveolitis fibrosante criptógena (AFC); Neumonitis pulmonar idiopática (NPI)

Prevención:

Evitar la exposición a sustancias que se sabe causan enfermedad pulmonar.

El hecho de dejar de fumar puede impedir que la enfermedad pulmonar intersticial empeore.

A las personas que están fuertemente expuestas a las causas conocidas de neumopatía ocupacional en el lugar de trabajo se las examina de manera rutinaria en busca de enfermedad pulmonar. Estos trabajos pueden abarcar los mineros del carbón, los chorreadores de arena y los trabajadores de los barcos.

  • Reviewed last on: 1/22/2010
  • Allen J. Blaivas, DO, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-NJMS, Attending Physician in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Veteran Affairs, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2008.

American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Consensus. Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002;165:277-304.

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