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. 2015 Jul 10;15:70. doi: 10.1186/s12890-015-0066-3

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Fig. 1 — Suggested algorithm for the management of patients with IPF who present with acute respiratory failure. IPF-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, BAL-bronchoalveolar lavage, CTA-computer tomographic angiography, CUS-compression ultrasonography, PE-pulmonary embolism, BNP-brain natriuretic peptide, CHF-congested heart failure, AEX-IPF-acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis