Introduction and aims Malnutrition is frequent in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
(IPF). We examined the relationship between malnutrition at diagnosis and all-cause …

Objectives Little is known about the indicators to assess malnutrition in patients with
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This study aimed to determine the following: 1) the …

Abstract Background and Objective Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by
progressive lung fibrosis of unknown aetiology. Epidemiological studies have suggested …

In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), several factors may have a negative impact on the
nutritional status, including an increased respiratory muscles load, release of inflammation …

Background: The significance of the nutritional status in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is
largely unknown. Temporal body weight (BW) change, a dynamic index of nutrition status …

Background Nutritional status impacts quality of life and prognosis of patients with
respiratory diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). However, there is a lack …

Rationale Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung
disease that has no cure. Many current research efforts center on diagnostic and therapeutic …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease characterised
by chronic fibrosis, and acute exacerbation of IPF (AE-IPF) is the leading cause of death in …

Background: Literature focusing on nutritional variables and survival in interstitial lung
disease (ILD) is limited by its focus on weight and BMI and has not considered body …

The publication by Torrisi et al.[1] in the European Respiratory Journal evaluated the ability
of comorbidities to improve the prediction of survival of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) …