Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Saudi Arabia: Demographic, clinical, and survival data from two tertiary care hospitals

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 168-172

  Sherbini, Nahid ^a   Feteih, Maun N ^b   Wali, Siraj O ^c   Alamoudi, Omer S ^c   Al Faifi, Salem M ^b   Khalid, Imran ^d  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristics; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Saudi Arabia; survival

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

EID: 84902520273     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.134073     Document Type: Article

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