Functional Improvement at One Year in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases-Prognostic Value of Baseline Biomarkers and Anti-Inflammatory Therapies.
Guangyu ShaoPaul ThöneBernhard KaiserBernd LamprechtDavid LangPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Younger age, a higher LDH and lower blood monocyte count predicted functional improvement in fibrotic ILD patients, while in those treated with anti-inflammatory drugs, only age had significant implications.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- anti inflammatory drugs
- anti inflammatory
- ejection fraction
- systemic sclerosis
- chronic kidney disease
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- dendritic cells
- peripheral blood
- rheumatoid arthritis
- endothelial cells
- patient reported outcomes
- immune response