Severity-of-illness score for children with chronic interstitial lung disease (diffuse lung disease)

1.	Asymptomatic
2.	Symptomatic, normal room air oxygen saturation under all conditions
3.	Symptomatic, normal resting room air saturation, but abnormal saturation (<90 percent) with sleep or exercise
4.	Symptomatic, abnormal resting room air saturation (<90 percent)
5.	Symptomatic with pulmonary hypertension

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Diffuse lung disease (DLD) is traditionally known as interstitial lung disease (ILD). Because many of these disorders are associated with extensive alteration of alveolar and airway architecture, in addition to changes in the interstitial compartment, we prefer the term DLD rather than ILD.

Reproduced with permission from: Fan LL, Kozinetz CA. Factors influencing survival in children with chronic interstitial lung disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 156:939. Official Journal of the American Thoracic Society. Copyright ©1997 American Lung Association.

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Severity-of-illness score for children with chronic interstitial lung disease (diffuse lung disease)