Mária Makovická, Adela Vrbenská, Peter Makovický, Barbora Durcová, Jozef Škarda, Vojtěch Kamarád, Mária Miklošová, Kvetoslava Rimárová, Patricie Michalčová, Klaudia Kráľová, Jozef Muri
The objective of this article is to describe and classify usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) changes according to their relevance in the pathology of the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) process. In a cohort of 50 patients (25♀, 25♂) with UIP findings, the percentage ratio between fibrotic and preserved parts of the lungs was quantified. Three quantitative stages of fibrotic involvement of the lung parenchyma and concomitant changes were defined. These are initial (≤20%), advanced (21-40%), and diffuse (≥41%) fibrosis of the lungs...
January 2024: General Physiology and Biophysics