• Chest · Aug 2020

    Derivation and Validation of a Diagnostic Prediction Tool for Interstitial Lung Disease.

    • Janelle Vu Pugashetti, Aleksander Kitich, Shehabaldin Alqalyoobi, Anne-Catherine Maynard-Paquette, David Pritchard, Julia Graham, Noelle Boctor, Andrea Kulinich, Elyse Lafond, Elena Foster, Cesar Mendez, Saad Choudhry, Jean Chalaoui, Julie Morisset, Michael Kadoch, and Justin M Oldham.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA.
    • Chest. 2020 Aug 1; 158 (2): 620-629.

    BackgroundInterstitial lung disease (ILD) results in high morbidity and health-care utilization. Diagnostic delays remain common and often occur in nonpulmonology settings. Screening for ILD in these settings has the potential to reduce diagnostic delays and improve patient outcomes.Research QuestionThis study sought to determine whether a pulmonary function test (PFT)-derived diagnostic prediction tool (ILD-Screen) could accurately identify incident ILD cases in patients undergoing PFT in nonpulmonology settings.Study Design And MethodsClinical and physiologic PFT variables predictive of ILD were identified by using iterative multivariable logistic regression models. ILD status was determined by using a multi-reader approach. An ILD-Screen score was generated by using final regression model coefficients, with a score ≥ 8 considered positive. ILD-Screen test performance was validated in an independent external cohort and applied prospectively to PFTs over 1 year to identify incident ILD cases at our institution.ResultsVariables comprising the ILD-Screen were age, height, total lung capacity, FEV1, diffusion capacity, and PFT indication. The ILD-Screen showed consistent test performance across cohorts, with a sensitivity of 0.79 and a specificity of 0.83 when applied prospectively. A positive ILD-Screen strongly predicted ILD (OR, 18.6; 95% CI, 9.4-36.9) and outperformed common ILD clinical features, including cough, dyspnea, lung crackles, and restrictive lung physiology. Prospective ILD-Screen application resulted in a higher proportion of patients undergoing chest CT imaging compared with a historical control cohort (74% vs 56%, respectively; P = .003), with a significantly shorter median time to chest CT imaging (5.6 vs 21.1 months; P < .001).InterpretationThe ILD-Screen showed good test performance in predicting ILD across diverse geographic settings and when applied prospectively. Systematic ILD-Screen application has the potential to reduce diagnostic delays and facilitate earlier intervention in patients with ILD.Copyright © 2020 American College of Chest Physicians. All rights reserved.

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