Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genetic interstitial lung disease / Christine Kim Garcia -- Pathobiology of novel approaches to treatment / Silvia Puglisi and Carlo Vancheri -- Smoking-related interstitial lung diseases / Robert Vassallo and Jay H. Ryu -- Management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Stefania Cerri, Paolo Spagnolo, Fabrizio Luppi, Giacomo Sgalla, and Luca Richeldi -- Nonpharmacologic therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Leann L. Silhan and Sonye K. Danoff -- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Amy L. Olson, Zulma X. Yunt, and Jeffrey J. Swigris -- Approach to the diagnosis of interstitial lung dsease / Ju? rgen Behr -- Palliative and end-of-life care in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Kathleen Oare Lindell -- Lung transplantation in interstitial lung disease / Luca Paoletti and Timothy P.M. Whelan -- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Aditi Shah and Charlene D. Fell -- Acute exacerbations in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / Dong Soon Kim -- Histopathologic approach to the surgical lung biopsy in interstitial lung disease / Kirk D. Jones and Anatoly Urisman -- Interstitial lung disease in the connective tissue diseases / Danielle Antin-Ozerkis, Ami Rubinowitz, Janine Evans, Robert J. Homer, and Richard A. Matthay.