The prognostic significance of pneumothorax in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Koji NishimotoTomoyuki FujisawaKatsuhiro YoshimuraYasunori EnomotoNoriyuki EnomotoYutaro NakamuraNaoki InuiHiromitsu SumikawaTakeshi JohkohThomas V ColbyTakafumi SudaPublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2017)
These results confirm that patients with IPF often develop pneumothorax during their clinical course and that the onset of pneumothorax predicts a poor outcome.