Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on hospital admissions for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a nationwide population-based study
The rate of IPF admissions significantly decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. This result indicates that preventive measures against COVID-19 may effectively mitigate IPF exacerbation. Therefore, it is assumed that there is a close relationship between respiratory viral infections and IPF exacerbations.
Authors
- In-So Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1558-1632)
- Min-Seok Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2051-0671)
- Jihye Lim
- Ji-Ho Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8744-156X)
Institutions
- Yonsei University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2024-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03230-3
- Primary Topic
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00