Prognosis of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema: comparison with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis alone.

Chun-Guo JiangQiang FuChun-Ming Zheng

Published in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2020)

CPFE exhibits a very poor prognosis, similar to IPF alone. Additional studies are needed to provide more convincing data to investigate the natural history and outcome of patients with CPFE in comparison to IPF. The reviews of this paper are available via the supplemental material section.

Keyphrases

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
poor prognosis
pulmonary fibrosis
long non coding rna
interstitial lung disease
electronic health record
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
rheumatoid arthritis
big data
case control
data analysis
lung function