Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia secondary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Manpreet Kaur, MD [2]

Overview

Effective measures for the secondary prevention of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia include educating the patient about the need for early treatment to prevent long term disabling bronchiolitis obliterans and interstitial fibrosis.

Secondary Prevention

Effective measures for the secondary prevention of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia include:
- For occupational and environmental cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, patients should be informed about the causative agent and appropriate preventive measures.
- For recurrent disease, the patient should be educated about the need for early treatment of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia which will prevents long-term disabling bronchiolitis obliterans and interstitial fibrosis.^[1]^[2]

References

Overview