IPF
Noun
Meaning
IPF (usually uncountable, plural IPFs)
(medicine) Initialism of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Phrases with the word
Examples
He and the IPF are dedicated to promoting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The task force also includes CEO (NITI Aayog), Secretary (Expenditure), Secretary of the Administrative Ministries, and Additional Secretary (Investments), DEA as members and Joint Secretary (IPF), DEA as Member Secretary.
Before IPF treatments were available, patients with IPF on average live between 2 – 5 years following an IPF diagnosis.
Esbriet has Orphan Drug Designation and was approved for use in Europe in 2011 in adults with mild-to-moderate IPF and in the US in people with IPF in October 2014.
In addition to being a progressive disease on its own, ten percent of people with IPF are expected to develop lung cancer.
In addition to participating in pulmonary rehab, Ginger learned about the importance of using oxygen therapy during day-to-day activities to help manage her IPF.