{"id":2978,"date":"2016-12-12T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/?post_type=professional-edu&#038;p=2978"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:53:56","slug":"2016-dec-12-new-hope-for-patients-with-ipf-from-diagnosis-to-treatments-print-email-last-updated-17-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"professional-edu","link":"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/zh-hant\/professional-edu\/2016-dec-12-new-hope-for-patients-with-ipf-from-diagnosis-to-treatments-print-email-last-updated-17-january-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Dec 12 &#8211; New hope for patients with IPF: From diagnosis to treatments Print Email Last Updated: 17 January 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An evening scientific symposium on&nbsp;<strong>diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis<\/strong>&nbsp;was organized by the Hong Kong Thoracic Society and the CHEST Delegation Hong Kong and Macau on 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;December 2016 at the Island Shangri-La.&nbsp;<strong>Professor Ulrich Costabel<\/strong>&nbsp;from University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany was invited as the speaker. Professor Costabel discussed on the radiological and histological diagnosis of IPF, its natural history, prognostic factor and treatment efficacy with anti-fibrotic agents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20171120155924_97627.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20171120155924_97627.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20171120155924_97627-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on album to see photos taken at the symposium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20171120160025_96777.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20171120160025_96777.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20171120160025_96777-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20171120160025_96777-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on image for a full version<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2890,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"professional-education-category":[92],"class_list":["post-2978","professional-edu","type-professional-edu","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","professional-education-category-webinars-and-workshop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/professional-edu\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/professional-edu"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/professional-edu"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"professional-education-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hkts.hku.yakoo.com.hk\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/professional-education-category?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}