An Unusual Case of Hypoxemia Improving Overnight in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Oct;29(5):e64-6. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.04.018. Epub 2015 Apr 28.

Authors

Annalisa Carlucci¹, Piero Ceriana¹, Angelo Micheletti², Annia Schreiber¹, Gianfranco Butera²

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary Rehabilitation, IRCCS, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS, Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 26119407
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.04.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery
Humans
Hypoxia / etiology*
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications*
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnosis*
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / drug therapy
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Male
Pyridones / therapeutic use
Septal Occluder Device
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Pyridones
pirfenidone