Rising stars of DPLD survival: FVC and exercise desaturation (a single-center study)

Ozturk A., KAYACAN O.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.48, no.4, pp.826-832, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 48 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1802-196
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.826-832
  • Keywords: Desaturation, diffuse parenchymal lung diseases, forced vital capacity, survival, pulmonary hypertension, IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY-FIBROSIS, INTERSTITIAL LUNG-DISEASE, 6-MINUTE WALK TEST, PROGNOSTIC VALUE, HYPERTENSION, PNEUMONIA, MORTALITY, SARCOIDOSIS, VALIDATION, PREDICTORS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/aim: Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLDs) comprise a broad, heterogeneous group of diseases with common functional characteristics and a common final pathway, usually leading to irreversible fibrosis. We investigated the effects of the physiological and functional parameters and of pulmonary hypertension (PH) on survival in DPLDs.