Re: Acronym Soup - definitions anywhere?

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Peggy,

VATS stands for Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery. They do lung biopsies by this method, using scopes and tinier incisions as opposed to the more invasive open lung biopsy.

Both methods however are major surgery and sometimes I think doctors underestimate how difficult recovery from a VATS can be for someone whose lungs are already compromised.

Beth

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Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08

To: Breathe-Support Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:49:41 PMSubject: Acronym Soup - definitions anywhere?

Hi Everyone,I was wondering if we have a document with all the acronyms and their full name? I had written a few down and was reading various articles and figured some of them out but still wonder what VATS stands for. It might be helpful for us 'newbies' to understand what everyone is saying. Thanks,Peggy Ellis (ILD 2008, 53 y.o. enjoying the cool overcast day here in the PNW)

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Thanks Beth - I had a radiographic assisted biopsy of my breast - that was

enough to make me shy from biopsy but my lung really scares me. I guess from

reading the articles it would be good to know if you have idiopathic vs

hypersensitivity as those treatments are opposite. Right now I'm not on any

steroids of any kind but I do think the inhaled steroids did help so maybe I

have HP not ILD . . .

Peggy E.

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> Peggy,

> VATS stands for Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery. They do lung biopsies by this

method, using scopes and tinier incisions as opposed to the more invasive open

lung biopsy.

> Both methods however are major surgery and sometimes I think doctors

underestimate how difficult recovery from a VATS can be for someone whose lungs

are already compromised.

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> Beth

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> Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08

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> Hi Everyone,

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> I was wondering if we have a document with all the acronyms and their full

name? I had written a few down and was reading various articles and figured some

of them out but still wonder what VATS stands for.

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> It might be helpful for us 'newbies' to understand what everyone is saying.

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> Thanks,

> Peggy Ellis (ILD 2008, 53 y.o. enjoying the cool overcast day here in the PNW)

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Peggy,

I think you might mean you may have HP and not IPF. IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) and HP (Hypersensitivity pneumonitis) are both ILD's (interstitial lung disease). This alphabet soup is all so confusing isn't it?

Here's a link to the Cleveland Clinic's website. They've got a really good section on ILD's.

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/pulmonary/interstitial-lung-disease/

Beth

Moderator

Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08

To: Breathe-Support Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:04:09 PMSubject: Re: Acronym Soup - definitions anywhere?

Thanks Beth - I had a radiographic assisted biopsy of my breast - that was enough to make me shy from biopsy but my lung really scares me. I guess from reading the articles it would be good to know if you have idiopathic vs hypersensitivity as those treatments are opposite. Right now I'm not on any steroids of any kind but I do think the inhaled steroids did help so maybe I have HP not ILD . . . Peggy E.>> Peggy,> VATS stands for Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery. They do lung biopsies by this method, using scopes and tinier incisions as opposed to the more invasive open lung biopsy.> Both methods however are major surgery and sometimes I think doctors underestimate how

difficult recovery from a VATS can be for someone whose lungs are already compromised.> > Beth> Moderator> Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08> > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __> From: artquilterpeg <artquilterpeg@ ...>> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:49:41 PM> Subject: Acronym Soup - definitions anywhere?> > > > > > Hi Everyone,> > I was wondering if we have a document with all the acronyms and their full name? I had written a few down and was reading various articles and figured some of them out but still wonder what VATS stands for. > > It might be helpful for us 'newbies'

to understand what everyone is saying. > > Thanks,> Peggy Ellis (ILD 2008, 53 y.o. enjoying the cool overcast day here in the PNW)>

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From: artquilterpeg <artquilterpeg@ yahoo.com>Subject: Acronym Soup - definitions anywhere?To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. comDate: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 5:49 PM

Hi Everyone,I was wondering if we have a document with all the acronyms and their full name? I had written a few down and was reading various articles and figured some of them out but still wonder what VATS stands for. It might be helpful for us 'newbies' to understand what everyone is saying. Thanks,Peggy Ellis (ILD 2008, 53 y.o. enjoying the cool overcast day here in the PNW)

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Thanks - I bookmarked that site too - you're a peach! Peggy E

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> From: artquilterpeg <artquilterpeg@ yahoo.com>

> Subject: Acronym Soup - definitions anywhere?

> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com

> Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 5:49 PM

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> Hi Everyone,

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> I was wondering if we have a document with all the acronyms and their full

name? I had written a few down and was reading various articles and figured some

of them out but still wonder what VATS stands for.

>

> It might be helpful for us 'newbies' to understand what everyone is saying.

>

> Thanks,

> Peggy Ellis (ILD 2008, 53 y.o. enjoying the cool overcast day here in the PNW)

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