Long-term personal air pollution exposure and risk for acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Ioannis P TomosKonstantina DimakopoulouEffrosyni D ManaliSpyros A PapirisAnna KarakatsaniPublished in: Environmental health : a global access science source (2021)
Long-term personal exposure to increased concentrations of air pollutants is an independent risk factor of AE-IPF. Inflammatory mediators implicated in lung repair mechanisms are involved.
Keyphrases
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- air pollution
- interstitial lung disease
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- risk factors
- liver failure
- respiratory failure
- particulate matter
- drug induced
- rheumatoid arthritis
- aortic dissection
- risk assessment
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- systemic sclerosis