Smoking, Oxygen Use Linked to Higher Hospitalization Risk in IPF.

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While receiving treatment at specialized centres lowers the risk of hospitalization among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), being a former smoker and requiring oxygen therapy are both associated with a higher likelihood of hospitalization.

These are some of the findings of multiple studies that Boehringer Ingelheim will present about the management of pulmonary fibrosis associated with interstitial lung disease (IPF-ILD) at the 2021 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, held online, May 14–19.

All these studies are analyses of data gathered in the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – PROspective Outcomes (IPF-PRO) Registry (NCT01915511), one of the largest IPF patient registries that has been created to further understand the natural progression of IPF and current treatment approaches.

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Hi I have just had the diagnoses of IPF

Which in itself was a shock,as I didn’t think I was ill.

I answered one of the many national Surveys, this one was for lung cancer . They said I would benefit from a CT scan as I smoked. When the letter came back telling me I didn’t have lung cancer, I was relieved, but it then went onto say I had Scarring of the lungs. Lots of tests and consolations later, here I am just about to start the drug OFEV

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Interesting but I am sure there are less smokers now and it seems that pollution factors are only now starting to be looked at. I was a smoker and gave up in 1992 but I also worked with asbestos and MDF which I cut on a circular saw with no vents or masks!