BACKGROUND: Many patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have smoking history
and emphysematous lesions. However, there are no reports using quantitative computed …

Background: A considerable portion of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has
smoking history and emphysematous lesions. However, the prognostic factors of combined …

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare and chronic fibrosing interstitial
lung disease. However, the clinical features and outcomes of IPF in Taiwan have not been …

It has been suggested that the presence of emphysema alters physiology and survival in
patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). A cohort of 56 IPF patients was evaluated …

PURPOSE: Emphysema is often observed in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
(IPF). However, it is unclear whether the clinical course differs according to the presence or …

Background: Analysis of data from the GIPF-007 trial of IFNγ-1b suggested that FVC decline
may be confounded by the extent of emphysema (EE) on HRCT in patients with IPF. IPF …

Objectives The 2011 official statement of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) mentions that
the extent of honeycombing and the worsening of fibrosis on high-resolution computed …

Background It has been suggested that the presence of emphysema modifies the outcome
of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). In this article we compare clinical …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive fibrosing
interstitial lung disease. The effects of emphysema on mortality in IPF remains unclear …

Introduction:: Different results were reported on the effect of emphysema (CPFE) in
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). In this sudy, we analysed IPF with or without …