Small airway dysfunction in Chinese patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Small airway dysfunction in Chinese patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Abstract Background Recent years, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is thought to be a disease of alveoli as well as small airways. This study aimed to demonstrate the clinical feature, predictor, and prognosis of small airway dysfunction (SAD) in Chinese patients with IPF. Methods We enrolled 416...

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Main Authors: Xinran Zhang, Bingbing Xie, Chenjun Ban, Yanhong Ren, Qiao Ye, Min Zhu, Yan Liu, Shu Zhang, Jing Geng, Dingyuan Jiang, Huaping Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Small airway dysfunction
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Clinical feature
Predictor
Prognosis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-02089-6

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