Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Report of a series

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 821-826

  Ambrosini, V ^a   Cancellieri, A ^b   Chilosi, M ^c   Zompatori, M ^d   Trisolini, R ^b   Saragoni, L ^a   Poletti, V ^a  

^a Ospedale Giovanni Battista Morgagni   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Diffuse alveolar damage; High resolution computed tomography; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0242467564     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00022703     Document Type: Article

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