Progressing Interstitial Lung Abnormalities Linked to Respiratory Distress

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In smokers without known interstitial lung disease (ILD), worsening pulmonary parenchymal abnormalities on chest CT were still associated with more severe acute respiratory disease (ARD) events, a secondary analysis of the COPDGene Study revealed. Progression of such interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) — summed together in an artificial intelligence-based quantitative interstitial abnormality (QIA) index — was […]

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Publish date : 2024-04-30 22:05:12

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