idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/hypoxia

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive fibrotic disease of the peripheral lung parenchyma that affects 0.5% of older adults in the U.S. and confers a very poor median survival. Repetitive injury to the lung with abnormal healing likely results in fibrosis as treatment of those risk

BACKGROUND Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive form of lung scarring for which there is no proven treatment. Steroids and other potentially toxic drugs are often used but their efficacy is uncertain. The management of patients with IPF is particularly complex because firstly there

Background: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive fibrotic lung disease of unknown cause with a median survival of 3-5 years (Raghu et al. 2011). As the disease progresses, worsening of lung function and gas exchange impairment cause hypoxemia during physical activity leading to a

The investigators hypothesize that PR service with supplemented oxygen supply regardless of hypoxemia may have significantly better short-term effects in patients with IPF. The study will take place in Corfu General Hospital, by the Departments of Pulmonary Medicine and Physiotherapy and

Langerhans cells are antigen-presenting cells of monocyte-macrophage lineage present in various epithelium like airways. Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), also called histiocytosis X or pulmonary eosinophilic granulomatosis, are characterized by proliferation and infiltration of Langerhans cells

The advanced chronic lung disease (PAD) is characterized by the development of several structural abnormalities, and pulmonary and systemic functional with low potential for reversibility, in spite of the treatment. It is defined DPA whole lung non-neoplastic chronic in its final phase. Most people

For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), disease progression leads to hypoxic respiratory failure necessitating the use of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT). However a number of studies have shown that despite being on LTOT at home many

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and debilitating lung disease characterized by interstitial fibrosis with decreasing lung volumes and pulmonary insufficiency eventually resulting in death. Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) typically present with complaints of sub

Sildenafil is a cyclic GMP selective phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor approved for use by the FDA in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. There has been recent interest in the use of the drug in patients with diffuse parenchymal lung diseases. This is largely based on sildenafil's

This is a prospective, open-label Phase II, non-randomized clinical trial to assess the feasibility and safety of combined plasma exchange (PEX), rituximab, and conventional corticosteroid administration in patients with acute IPF exacerbations. INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. A diagnosis of idiopathic