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Impact of the new definition for pulmonary hypertension in patients with lung disease: an analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing database [PDF]
Pulmonary Circulation, 2021 The implications of the recent change in the definition of pulmonary hypertension on epidemiology and outcomes are not known. We sought to determine the percentage of patients with the two most common lung diseases that would be reclassified regarding ...
Steven D. Nathan +7 more
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A sigmoidal fit for pressure-volume curves of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients on mechanical ventilation: clinical implications [PDF]
Clinics, 2011 OBJECTIVE: Respiratory pressure-volume curves fitted to exponential equations have been used to assess disease severity and prognosis in spontaneously breathing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Juliana C. Ferreira +8 more
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Imaging in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: diagnosis and mimics [PDF]
Clinics, 2019 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease of unknown etiology that usually has a progressive course and is commonly associated with a poor prognosis. The main symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, including progressive dyspnea and dry cough,
Bruno Hochhegger +7 more
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2008 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a non-neoplastic pulmonary disease that is characterized by the formation of scar tissue within the lungs in the absence of any known provocation.
Noble Paul W, Meltzer Eric B
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Epidemiology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Clinical Epidemiology, 2013 Brett Ley, Harold R Collard Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Abstract: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic fibrotic lung disease of ...
Ley B, Collard HR
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Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Fibrosing Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias [PDF]
, 2015 Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common finding in patients with chronic fibrosing idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP). Little is known about the response to pulmonary vasodilator therapy in this patient population.
Behr, Juergen +19 more
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The Lancet, 2017 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a prototype of chronic, progressive, and fibrotic lung disease. Healthy tissue is replaced by altered extracellular matrix and alveolar architecture is destroyed, which leads to decreased lung compliance, disrupted gas exchange, and ultimately respiratory failure and death.
Luca Richeldi +3 more
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: current diagnosis and treatment [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2023 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating chronic lung disease without a clear recognizable cause. IPF has been at the forefront of new diagnostic algorithms and treatment developments that led to a shift in patients’ care in the past decade ...
Alexandre Franco Amaral +2 more
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]
Thorax, 2011 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disease that carries a poor prognosis and for which there are no effective therapies. Although the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix, combined with evidence of recurrent injury to the alveolar epithelium, are well-described there is a pressing need to understand these processes better at a ...
Moira K. B. Whyte, Zhe Hui Hoo
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Identifying potential biomarkers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis through machine learning analysis
Scientific Reports, 2023 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common and serious type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, characterized by chronic, progressive, and low survival rates, while unknown disease etiology.
Zenan Wu +7 more
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