IPF is not just a challenging disease, it is also difficult to diagnose. Early symptoms such as dyspnoea on exertion and dry cough can be diagnosed as part of another respiratory disease. The assessment of "velcro crackles" by lung auscultation is currently the only realistic means for the earlier diagnosis of IPF.1
Use the following example patient sounds to compare the differences between IPF, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and those of a healthy person.
OFEV® (nintedanib) is indicated in adults for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other chronic fibrosing interstitial lung diseases with a progressive phenotype.2
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