American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Oct 2006
Incidence and prevalence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology; its epidemiology in the United States has not been well characterized. ⋯ Our results suggest that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is probably more common in the United States than previously reported.
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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Oct 2006
Lung volume recruitment after surfactant administration modifies spatial distribution of ventilation.
Although surfactant replacement therapy is an established treatment in infant respiratory distress syndrome, the optimum strategy for ventilatory management before, during, and after surfactant instillation remains to be elucidated. ⋯ The spatial distribution of ventilation in the lavaged lung is modified by a recruitment maneuver performed after surfactant administration.