Short-term lung function changes predict mortality in patients with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Claudio MacalusoCristina BoccabellaMaria KokosiNishanth SivarasanVasilis KouranosPeter M GeorgeGeorge MargaritopoulosPhilip L MolyneauxFelix ChuaToby M MaherGisli R JenkinsAndrew G NicholsonSujal R DesaiAnand DevarajAthol U WellsElizabetta A RenzoniCarmel J W StockPublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2022)
Worsening in FVC and DLCO at 1 year, including a marginal decline in FVC ≥ 5% and DLCO ≥ 10%, is predictive of markedly reduced survival in fHP.