Exertional hypoxemia is more severe in fibrotic interstitial lung disease than in COPD.

Jean P Du PlessisSenan FernandesRakin JamalPat CampKerri JohannsonMichele SchaefferPearce G WilcoxJordan A GuenetteChristopher J Ryerson

Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2017)

Patients with fibrotic ILD have greater oxygen desaturation during 6MWT compared to patients with COPD when adjusting for demographic features and pulmonary physiology. These findings suggest the need for disease-specific studies to evaluate the potential utility of ambulatory oxygen in fibrotic ILD.

Keyphrases

interstitial lung disease
systemic sclerosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
blood pressure
pulmonary hypertension
case control
risk assessment
air pollution