Sarcoidosis Vasc Dif
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Sarcoidosis Vasc Dif · Sep 1997
Comparative StudyPredicting respiratory failure in sarcoidosis patients.
Although sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease, mortality from sarcoidosis is usually due to respiratory failure. In order to identify those patients at risk of death from respiratory failure from sarcoidosis, we analyzed a seven-year experience of patients seen at the University of Cincinnati Interstitial Lung Disease clinic. ⋯ Patients who die from respiratory failure from their sarcoidosis have fibrosis demonstrated on chest roentgenogram and a reduced vital capacity, usually less than 1.5 liters.