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Defining the Cell Types That Drive Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Using Single-Cell RNA Sequencing

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: mechanical ventilation again if deemed necessary, and they speculated that the "remembering-self" was probably the leading reason for this affirmation.This is in keeping with another study that showed that patients would choose to receive aggressive treatment, but only if survival was not associated with severe functional or cognitive impairment (15).The major factor in a patient-clinician interview is how it is conducted, and this detail is not specified in the article.It has been suggested that "little white lies" in this bidirectional communication are quite common; sometimes in an attempt to "please my doctor who saves my life," a patient may minimize his or her symptoms or bad experiences ( 16).In conclusion, this study, besides being well conducted and providing important clinical information, clarifies the issue that perception in medicine may be very misleading.Therefore, the patient and clinician, allied together, should never give up on the dream to liberate the patient from prolonged ventilation and recover a satisfactory quality of life.

Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201901-0197ed

Authors: Joanna M. Poczobutt, Oliver Eickelberg

Institutions: University of Colorado Anschutz, University of Colorado Denver, University of Bologna

Language: English

Topic: Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences