Impact of sleep-related hypoventilation in patients with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Abstract Background Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a rare fibrosing lung disease with a predilection for the upper lobe and its progression causes hypoventilation, resulting in hypercapnia. Even though the association between sleep-related hypoventilation (SRH) and chronic obstructive pu...

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Main Authors: Yuki Yabuuchi, Takefumi Saito, Hitomi Hirano, Mizu Nonaka, Naoki Arai, Kentaro Hyodo, Jun Kanazawa, Yukiko Miura, Shingo Usui, Katsumi Tamura, Tomotaka Kasamatsu, Shuji Oh-ishi, Kenji Hayashihara, Masashi Matsuyama, Nobuyuki Hizawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-022-02224-1