Understanding the patient's experience of care in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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Toward understanding patient experience in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive fibrotic lung disease which typically presents in the 6th or 7th decade of life with dyspnoea on exertion, cough and fatigue [1]. Based on a recent systematic review [2], global IPF incidence is 3–9 cases per 100000 per year in Europe and North America with increasing incidence over time. A similar incidence, 9 cases per 100000, was reported ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respirology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1323-7799,1440-1843
DOI: 10.1111/resp.13414