ILD-specific health-related quality of life in systemic sclerosis-associated ILD compared with IPF.

Introduction: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) are fibrotic ILDs with divergent disease populations. Little is known about health-related quality of life (HRQL) in SSc-ILD relative to IPF.

Methods: We used the Kings Brief Interstitial Lung Disease Questionnaire (K-BILD) to compare HRQL in a cross-sectional study of 57 patients with IPF and 29 patients with SSc-ILD.

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage during alemtuzumab infusion in a patient with multiple sclerosis: a case report.

Background: Diffuse alveolar bleeding is a potentially life-threatening condition that can be induced by several drugs. Whereas fatal cases have been reported in patients treated for other indications, no report have so far been published in a patient with multiple sclerosis treated with alemtuzumab.

Case Presentation: We report a case of alemtuzumab-induced diffuse alveolar bleeding in a 29 year old woman with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.

Double reading of current chest CT examinations: Clinical importance of changes to radiology reports.

Objectives: Misinterpretation of radiological examinations is an important contributing factor to diagnostic errors. Double reading reduces interpretation errors and increases sensitivity. Consultant radiologists in Norwegian hospitals submit 39% of computed tomography (CT) reports for quality assurance by double reading.

[Coding of diagnoses in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease--economic consequences].

Background: We wanted to assess the quality of coding of diagnoses and procedures, the resulting DRG classification and the financial consequences of coding errors for the hospital owner in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Material And Methods: We identified 330 hospitalizations in the Central Hospital of Akershus 1 January to 30 November 1999 in DRG 088 (chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases) after an initial DRG classification. The patients' discharge summaries were reviewed for errors in coding of diagnoses and procedures and, where applicable, recoded.