Relationship of flow-volume curve pattern on pulmonary function test with clinical and radiological features in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Hiroaki NakagawaRyota OtoshiKohsuke IsomotoTakuma KatanoTomohisa BabaShigeru KomatsuEri HagiwaraYasutaka NakanoIchiro KuwahiraTakashi OguraPublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2020)
Patients with convex/non-concave pattern in FV curve have lower FVC and poorer prognosis with distinct distribution of fibrosis. Hence, FV curve pattern might be a useful predictor of mortality in IPF.