Small airway dysfunction in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

Selene Guerrero-ZúñigaJulia Sánchez HernándezHeidegger Mateos ToledoMayra Mejía ÁvilaLaura Gochicoa-RangelJosé Luis Miguel ReyesMoisés SelmanLuis Torre-Bouscoulet

Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2017)

Patients with chronic HP have SA abnormalities that are partially revealed by the UPG and IOS tests. Lung volumes, but not gas exchange, improved after treatment with azathioprine and prednisone.

Keyphrases

drug induced
oxidative stress
room temperature
interstitial lung disease
carbon dioxide
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic sclerosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis