Impact of preexisting interstitial lung disease on mortality in COVID-19 patients from the early pandemic to the delta variant epidemic: a nationwide population-based study

Abstract Background COVID-19 patients with preexisting interstitial lung disease (ILD) were reported to have a high mortality rate; however, this was based on data from the early stages of the pandemic. It is uncertain how their mortality rates have changed with the emergence of new variants of conc...

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Published in:	Respiratory Research
Main Authors:	Koichi Miyashita, Hironao Hozumi, Kazuki Furuhashi, Eiji Nakatani, Yusuke Inoue, Hideki Yasui, Yuzo Suzuki, Masato Karayama, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Toshiyuki Ojima, Takafumi Suda
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-02-01
Subjects:	COVID-19 Mortality Interstitial lung disease National database of health insurance claims and specific health checkups of Japan NDB
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-024-02723-3