Katharina Buschulte, Hans-Joachim Kabitz, Lars Hagmeyer, Peter Hammerl, Albert Esselmann, Conrad Wiederhold, Dirk Skowasch, Christoph Stolpe, Marcus Joest, Stefan Veitshans, Marc Höffgen, Phillen Maqhuzu, Larissa Schwarzkopf, Andreas Hellmann, Michael Pfeifer, Jürgen Behr, Rainer Karpavicius, Andreas Günther, Markus Polke, Philipp Höger, Vivien Somogyi, Christoph Lederer, Philipp Markart, Michael Kreuter
BACKGROUND: Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) comprise a heterogeneous group of mainly chronic lung diseases with more than 200 entities and relevant differences in disease course and prognosis. Little data is available on hospitalisation patterns in ILD. METHODS: The EXCITING-ILD (Exploring Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Interstitial Lung Diseases) registry was analysed for hospitalisations. Reasons for hospitalisation were classified as all cause, ILD-related and respiratory hospitalisations, and patients were analysed for frequency of hospitalisations, time to first non-elective hospitalisation, mortality and progression-free survival...
January 4, 2024: Respiratory Research