American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society international multidisciplinary consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

WD Travis, TE King, ED Bateman… - … of respiratory and …, 2002 - mayoclinic.elsevierpure.com
Despite the considerable progress in the classification of the idiopathic interstitial
pneumonias (IIPs), the lack of an international standard has resulted in variable and …

Incidence and mortality of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis in the UK

J Gribbin, RB Hubbard, I Le Jeune, CJP Smith, J West… - Thorax, 2006 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis are common diagnoses in
patients attending chest clinics, but little is known about the epidemiology of these diseases …

Increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke following exacerbation of COPD

GC Donaldson, JR Hurst, CJ Smith, RB Hubbard… - Chest, 2010 - Elsevier
Objective Patients with COPD are at risk for cardiovascular events. This is attributed to
increased systemic inflammation. The course of COPD is punctuated by exacerbations …

Prevalence of major comorbidities in subjects with COPD and incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke: a comprehensive analysis using data from primary care

JR Feary, LC Rodrigues, CJ Smith, RB Hubbard… - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Comorbidities associated with systemic inflammation including cardiovascular
disease (CVD), stroke and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common among individuals with …

Malignancy and mortality in people with coeliac disease: population based cohort study

J West, RFA Logan, CJ Smith, RB Hubbard, TR Card - Bmj, 2004 - bmj.com
Objective To quantify the risks of malignancy and mortality in people with coeliac disease
compared with the general population. Design Population based cohort study. Setting …

In-hospital mortality after surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease in the United States. 2000 to 2011

JP Hutchinson, AW Fogarty, TM McKeever… - American journal of …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Surgical lung biopsy can help to determine a specific diagnosis in interstitial lung
disease but has associated risks. Most currently available mortality data are derived from …

Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV

PI Johnston, SW Wright, M Orr, FA Pearce, JW Stevens… - Aids, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective and design: People living with HIV (PLH) suffer disproportionately from the chronic
diseases exacerbated by smoking tobacco. We performed a systematic review and meta …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic variants associated with susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in people of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study

RJ Allen, J Porte, R Braybrooke, C Flores… - The Lancet respiratory …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive lung disease with
high mortality, uncertain cause, and few treatment options. Studies have identified a …

Genome-wide association study of susceptibility to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

RJ Allen, B Guillen-Guio, JM Oldham… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a complex lung disease characterized by
scarring of the lung that is believed to result from an atypical response to injury of the …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal change in collagen degradation biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an analysis from the prospective, multicentre PROFILE study

RG Jenkins, JK Simpson, G Saini… - The lancet Respiratory …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and inevitably fatal disorder, has a
highly variable clinical course. Biomarkers that reflect disease activity are urgently needed to …