fibrosis
Let an agent explain fibrosis as a process and its forms in general terms, route symptoms to care, describe causes and management approaches with attribution, and support research and learning.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain fibrosis as a process and its forms in general terms, route symptoms to care, describe causes and management approaches with attribution, and support research and learning.
The formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue as a response to injury, inflammation or chronic disease, leading to scarring and loss of function, as in liver cirrhosis, pulmonary fibrosis, cardiovascular fibrosis, muscular fibrosis, radiation fibrosis and desmoplasia around tumours; fibrosis is a pathogenic process studied for its mechanisms and targeted by emerging therapies.
What it is for: Scarring of tissues.
It can be explain the process and its forms; route symptoms to care; describe causes and management; support learning and research.
Distinguishing features
Pathological scarring
Chronic process
Loss of function
Organ-specific
What it looks like
Not visible externally; stiffened, scarred tissue on imaging and pathology.
How it is recognised
Excess fibrous tissue after injury
Organ-specific forms
Normal wound healing resolves without excess scarring
Related models
is a kind of - category
leads to - an end stage
is related to - desmoplasia around tumours
is related to - inflammatory drivers
In practice
Families and kinds
liver fibrosis and cirrhosis
pulmonary fibrosis
cardiac and vascular fibrosis
skin and muscular fibrosis
radiation fibrosis and desmoplasia
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines by organ system
Medicines regulation for antifibrotic therapies
Radiation protection standards
Failure modes and hazards
Late diagnosis
Agents diagnosing or advising on treatment
Progression to organ failure
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Care Symptoms and routing.
Assessment.
Symptoms
When to seek care.
Symptoms
Symptoms.
- Which symptoms, such as breathlessness, swelling or reduced organ function, warrant assessment for fibrosis-related conditions, according to guidance? provenance
- Is there an emergency now? boundary
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
- How is fibrosis assessed by imaging, elastography and biopsy? provenance
- Is the user asking for a diagnosis, which needs a clinician? boundary
Understand The process.
Science.
Mechanism
How fibrosis develops.
Mechanism
Mechanism.
- How do injury, inflammation and fibroblast activation lead to fibrosis, according to research? provenance
- Why does it become irreversible? provenance
Forms
Forms by organ.
Forms
Forms.
- How do liver, lung, heart, skin and radiation fibrosis differ in causes and course? definition
- What is desmoplasia? definition
Manage Causes and management.
Attribution.
Causes
Causes and prevention.
Causes
Causes.
- What causes fibrosis in this organ, and what do health bodies advise for prevention? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific condition? action
Treatment
Management approaches.
Treatment
Treatment.
- Which management approaches and antifibrotic therapies exist, in general terms, according to guidelines? provenance
- Which support services exist? provenance
Learn Research and teaching.
Context.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What are current research directions in fibrosis? provenance
- How can patients participate in trials? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can fibrosis be taught within pathology? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each organ fibrosis be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- How should research registries be linked?