Clinical features and outcome of acute exacerbation in connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: A single-center study from India.
Pratima SinghBhaskar ThakurAmrut Kumar MohapatraPrasanta PadhanPublished in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2019)
In our study, the majority of patients with AE CTD ILD had systemic sclerosis. Patients with lower baseline PaO2 and those requiring mechanical ventilation had higher mortality.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- systemic sclerosis
- mechanical ventilation
- respiratory failure
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- intensive care unit
- rheumatoid arthritis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- liver failure
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- risk factors
- drug induced
- cardiovascular disease