A Standardized Diagnostic Ontology for Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease. An International Working Group Perspective

[...]there is frequent reluctance to perform surgical lung biopsy in patients with clinically unclassifiable ILD due to safety concerns. [...]it should accommodate all forms of fibrotic ILD and different types of diagnostic criteria (e.g., criteria based vs. consensus based). [...]it should be agnostic to changes in existing diagnostic criteria or the creation of new diagnostic criteria. [...]it should balance diagnostic certainty with clinical practicality, a balance that may differ in clinical vs. research settings.