Evaluation of Regional Pulmonary Ventilation in Spontaneously Breathing Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Employing Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT): A Pilot Study from the European IPF Registry (eurIPFreg)

Evaluation of Regional Pulmonary Ventilation in Spontaneously Breathing Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Employing Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT): A Pilot Study from the European IPF Registry (eurIPFreg)

Objectives: In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), alterations in the pulmonary surfactant system result in an increased alveolar surface tension and favor repetitive alveolar collapse. This study aimed to assess the usefulness of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in characterization of regiona...

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Main Authors: Ekaterina Krauss, Daniel van der Beck, Isabel Schmalz, Jochen Wilhelm, Silke Tello, Ruth C. Dartsch, Poornima Mahavadi, Martina Korfei, Eckhard Teschner, Werner Seeger, Andreas Guenther
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
electrical impedance tomography (EIT)
European Registry for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (eurIPFreg)
interstitial lung diseases (ILD)
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/2/192

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