What is the most common treatment for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)?
a. Hyperbaric oxygen treatments
b. Lung transplantation
c. Penicillin
d. Prednisone
ANS: D
No medical therapy has proven beneficial for IPF. Immunosuppression with oral corticosteroids and cytotoxic agents such as azathioprine are most commonly used, although they appear to ben-efit only a minority of patients.
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