Respiratory system involvement in inflammatory bowel diseases

Adv Respir Med. 2017;85(3):161-168. doi: 10.5603/ARM.2017.0028.

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases are systemic disorders that can manifest in any location. The problem of respiratory system involvement is very important form clinical point of view. In the article we try to systematize the current knowledge on this topic.

Keywords: Crohn’s disease; airways diseases; inflammatory bowel diseases; lung diseases; ulcerative colitis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / complications*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / physiopathology
  • Respiration
  • Respiration Disorders / ethnology*
  • Respiration Disorders / physiopathology
  • Respiratory Physiological Phenomena*