… lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of mainly chronic lung diseases differing in
disease … For most subtypes, evidence on relevance and outcomes of hospitalisations is lacking. …

… group of mainly chronic lung diseases with more than 200 entities and relevant differences
in disease course and prognosis. Little data is available on hospitalisation patterns in ILD. …

… of hospitalisation was 15.4 ± 6.4 days with a range between 3 and 35 days. Patients with
interstitial lung disease … causes of respiratory disease hospitalisation with tuberculosis and …

… Additionally, lung diseases contribute to more than 6 million inpatient bed days, 45,833 new
… Understanding hospitalisation patterns for chronic lower respiratory diseases might help …

… more susceptible to obstructive lung disease in response to smoking [7–9]. This … Diseases—
Version 9 (ICD-9). In this analysis we used broad and narrow definitions for hospitalisation …

… to examine the seasonal pattern of hospi… patterns. Methods: The national in-patient database
of the federal statistical office of Germany was searched for cases of interstitial lung disease…

… Interstitial lung diseases are a group of more than 200 disorders of the lung parenchyma …
Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (AE-ILD) is associated with poor survival time …

… misdiagnosis or miscoding of the underlying lung disease. Several studies have demonstrated
poor documentation of lung function in hospitalised patients with a COPD diagnosis.31 …

… for AE-COPD, treatment with β blockers during the first 2 days of hospitalisation was not …
events during hospitalisation. This pattern did not vary based on the type of heart disease or …

… lung disease.10 – 13 Epidemiological studies have demonstrated an increase in COPD
hospitalisations and … Furthermore, exposures will be influenced by individual activity patterns.13 …