Jong Sun Park

TL;DR: Although these conditions are rare, a proportion of patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) may develop a progressive-fibrosing phenotype, and identification of these patients is crucial, and requires a multidisciplinary approach, to ensure optimal diagnosis and management.

TL;DR: In 2018, the South Korean government implemented the "well-dying law" in 2018, which enables patients to refuse futile life-sustaining treatment (LST) after being determined as terminally ill as mentioned in this paper .

TL;DR: In this article , the authors used whole-genome sequencing to investigate the role of rare variants, genome-wide, on IPF risk and found that rare variants in both TERT and RTEL1 genes were significantly associated with IPF.

TL;DR: The clinical manifestations and long-term prognosis of acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP) are unclear as discussed by the authors , and the clinical features and prognosis are unclear.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors evaluated the impact of weight loss on outcomes in Korean patients with IPF receiving pirfenidone at a tertiary medical institution and found that weight loss appeared to be a significant risk factor for mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.