Acute exacerbations of fibrosing interstitial lung disease associated with connective tissue diseases: a population-based study.
Mengshu CaoJian ShengXiaohua QiuDandan WangDongmei WangYang WangYonglong XiaoHourong CaiPublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2019)
The clinical characteristics of patients with AE-CTD-ILD differed from those with AE-IPF, while AE incidences were similar between the two groups. Subjects with AE-CTD-fILD tended to have a better prognosis, and WBC count and PO2/FiO2 ratio were the independent survival predictors for these patients.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic sclerosis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- liver failure
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- intensive care unit
- patient reported
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- hepatitis b virus
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation