Design, Rationale, Methodology, and Aims of a Greek Prospective Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry: Investigating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Greece (INDULGE IPF)

Bouros, Demosthenes; Daniil, Zoe; Papakosta, Despoina; Antoniou, Katerina M.; Markopoulou, Katerina; Kolilekas, Likurgos; Konstantopoulos, George; Papiris, Spyros; on behalf of the INDULGE IPF Study Group

doi:10.1159/000487244

Design, Rationale, Methodology, and Aims of a Greek Prospective Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry: Investigating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Greece (INDULGE IPF)

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown origin. Despite the fact that the guidelines on the diagnosis and management of the disease were updated in 2015, incorporating novel agents recently introduced in the therapeutic approach of…