Stage 4: Questions to ask your Doctor Make an Appointment Refer a Patient Ask a Question Reviewed by Jeffrey James Swigris, DO, MS (September 01, 2017) Stage 4 of IPF requires advance oxygen needs, which means needing high-flow oxygen or when a lightweight, portable delivery system is unable to meet a person with IPFs needs. Questions to ask your health care provider with Stage 4 Idiopathic Pulmonary FIbrosis What is the normal life expectancy at this point? What palliative care resources are available? What does the end look like? Can you guarantee that I will not suffer? Stage 3: Questions to ask your Doctor Clinical Trials For more than 100 years, National Jewish Health has been committed to finding new treatments and cures for diseases. Search our clinical trials.
Reviewed by Jeffrey James Swigris, DO, MS (September 01, 2017) Stage 4 of IPF requires advance oxygen needs, which means needing high-flow oxygen or when a lightweight, portable delivery system is unable to meet a person with IPFs needs. Questions to ask your health care provider with Stage 4 Idiopathic Pulmonary FIbrosis What is the normal life expectancy at this point? What palliative care resources are available? What does the end look like? Can you guarantee that I will not suffer? Stage 3: Questions to ask your Doctor