Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: diagnosis and epidemiologyAmy L Olson
Interstitial Lung Disease Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Clin Chest Med 33:41-50. 2012
..This article summarizes the approach to diagnosing IPF and reviews epidemiologic data on IPF...
- Pulmonary fibrosis is associated with an elevated risk of thromboembolic disease
D B Sprunger
Interstitial Lung Disease Program and Autoimmune Lung Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80220, USA
Eur Respir J 39:125-32. 2012
..Those with VTE and pulmonary fibrosis died at a younger age than those with pulmonary fibrosis alone. These data suggest a link between a pro-fibrotic and a pro-coagulant state...
- Rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease-associated mortality
Amy L Olson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Disease Program, and Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:372-8. 2011
..Mortality rates from rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) are largely unknown...
- Seasonal variation: mortality from pulmonary fibrosis is greatest in the winter
Amy L Olson
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Chest 136:16-22. 2009
..Our objective was to determine if mortality rates from IPF and/or PF of any cause exhibit seasonal variation...
- Ethnic and racial differences in the presence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at death
Jeffrey J Swigris
Autoimmune Lung Center and Interstitial Lung Disease Program, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Respir Med 106:588-93. 2012
..In studies of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), whites makeup the vast majority of subjects. Whether ethnic/racial differences in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis occur in the general population is unknown...
- Increased risk of pulmonary embolism among US decedents with sarcoidosis from 1988 to 2007
Jeffrey J Swigris
Autoimmune Lung Center and Interstitial Lung Disease Program, National Jewish Health, Southside Building, Office No G011, 1400 Jackson St, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Chest 140:1261-6. 2011
..A recently published report from the United Kingdom suggested an association between sarcoidosis and pulmonary embolism (PE). We sought to examine whether this association was present among US decedents with sarcoidosis...
- Sarcoidosis-related mortality in the United States from 1988 to 2007
Jeffrey J Swigris
Autoimmune Lung Center and Interstitial Lung Disease Program, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:1524-30. 2011
..Objectives: To examine mortality rates and underlying causes of death among United States decedents with sarcoidosis from 1988-2007...
- Acute exacerbations of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a case series
Amy L Olson
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Ave, C272, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Chest 134:844-50. 2008
..While best described in patients with IPF, they have also been reported in patients with other forms of interstitial lung disease. We sought to determine if this same phenomenon occurs in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP)...
- Heart rate recovery after six-minute walk test predicts pulmonary hypertension in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Jeffrey J Swigris
Interstitial Lung Disease Program and Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA
Respirology 16:439-45. 2011
..In patients with IPF, we sought to validate that abnormal heart rate recovery at 1 min (HRR1) after six-minute walk test (6MWT) predicts mortality and to explore the relationship between abnormal HRR1 and pulmonary hypertension (PH)...
- Eosinophilic lung diseases
Evans R Fernandez Perez
Interstitial Lung Disease Program, Autoimmune Lung Center, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Med Clin North Am 95:1163-87. 2011
..This review focuses on the clinical features, general diagnostic workup, and management of the eosinophilic lung diseases...
- A 63-year-old man with a persistent pulmonary infiltrate and pleural effusion
Amy L Olson
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Ave, C272, Denver, CO 80262, USA
Chest 130:1929-34. 2006
- Mycophenolate mofetil is safe, well tolerated, and preserves lung function in patients with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease
Jeffrey J Swigris
Autoimmune Kung Center, Interstitial Lung Disease Program, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson St, Molly Blank J229, Denver, CO 80206, USA
Chest 130:30-6. 2006
..In this study, our objectives were to examine the safety and tolerability of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and to determine its impact on lung function in patients with CTD-ILD...
