Physiological Criteria Are Useful for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis

Physiological Criteria Are Useful for the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis

Background: Diagnostic criteria of idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) were recently proposed, including physiological criteria of the body mass index (BMI) and percentage of the predicted values of residual volume (RV)/total lung capacity (TLC) (RV/TLC %pred.). The aim of this study...

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Main Authors: Takato Ikeda, Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Yusuke Ueda, Tomoya Sasaki, Hisako Kushima, Hiroshi Ishii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
residual volume
flat chest index
body mass index
diagnostic criteria
pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/11/3761

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