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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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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.
L. Richeldi, H. Collard, Mark G. Jones
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Nursing Standard, 2014 The most common signs and symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are shortness of breath and a persistent dry, hacking cough. Many affected individuals also experience a loss of appetite and gradual weight loss.
S. Rosselot
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Regulatory Immune Cells in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Friends or Foes?
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 The immune system is receiving increasing attention for interstitial lung diseases, as knowledge on its role in fibrosis development and response to therapies is expanding. Uncontrolled immune responses and unbalanced injury-inflammation-repair processes
Chiel van Geffen +10 more
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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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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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