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. 2022 Aug 13;23:206. doi: 10.1186/s12931-022-02129-z

Table 2.

Pharmacological treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Medicationa n (%)
No medicationb 9 (18)
Corticosteroids 25 (50)
Azathioprine 12 (24)
N-acetylcysteine 5 (10)
Cyclophosphamide 5 (10)
Triple therapyc 11 (22)
Pirfenidone 16 (32)
Nintedanib 5 (10)

a23 patients received several therapeutic treatments at different times

bIncluding 3 patients whose surgical lung biopsy was taken at the time of acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

cTriple therapy = azathioprine, N-acetylcysteine and prednisolone

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