Clinical, radiologic, and physiologic features of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with and without emphysema.

Chenfei LiYan WangQi Liu Hai ZhangFei XuZhenyun GaoXiaohui WangGuangyu TaoYuqing ChenWenwen RongHong YuFeng Li

Published in: Expert review of respiratory medicine (2022)

IPF and IPFE patients are different in smoking history, physiologic indices, HRCT patterns and prognostic factors, however, they have similar mortality. Anti-fibrotic therapy could improve the survival rate in both IPF and IPFE.

Keyphrases

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
prognostic factors
interstitial lung disease
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
cardiovascular events
smoking cessation
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
rheumatoid arthritis
bone marrow
air pollution
patient reported outcomes