Usual Interstitial Pneumonitits

Question 1

What are 2 types of UIP?

Answer 1

Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis (CFA)

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Question 2

What are the signs/symptoms of UIP?

Answer 2

Dry Cough
Dyspnoea
Cyanosis
Clubbing

Question 3

What tests show UIP?

Answer 3

CXR = Basal/Posterior diffuse consolidaiton and cysts.
Pulmonary Function Tests = Show restrictive pattern
Reduced Gas Transfer

Question 4

Whats the prognosis for someone with UIP?

Answer 4

Not good.

Some are steroid responsive

Question 5

How can we treat UIP?

Answer 5

oxygen
Pulmonary Rehab.
Lung Transplant.

Question 6

What are the causes for UIP?

Answer 6

Conncetive Tissue Disease
Drug Reaction
post Infection
Industrial Exposure (asbestos)
Idiopathic.

Question 7

How does UIP occur?

Answer 7

Patchy interstitial chronic inflammation leads to fibrosis of the aleolar tissue.