Tobacco smoking is associated with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema and worse outcomes in interstitial lung disease
Dylan Douglas, L. Keating, R. Strykowski, Cathryn T. Lee, Nicole Garcia, Kavitha Selvan, Neha Kaushik, Iazsmin Bauer Ventura, Renea Jablonski, Rekha Vij, Jonathan H. Chung, Shashi Bellam, Mary E. Strek, Ayodeji Adegunsoye
2023American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology25 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF
Abstract
Smoking in ILD is associated with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema and worse clinical outcomes.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineInterstitial lung diseasePulmonary fibrosisPulmonary emphysemaIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisLungLung diseaseInternal medicineDiseaseFibrosisPathologyInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchOccupational and environmental lung diseases