2022
Cough-Specific Quality of Life Predicts Disease Progression Among Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease Data From the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry
Lee J, White E, Freiheit E, Scholand M, Strek M, Podolanczuk A, Patel N, Foundation P, Bascom R, Belloli E, Bhatt N, Bhorade S, Case A, Castriotta R, Criner G, Danoff S, De Andrade J, Desai A, Glassberg M, Glazer C, Gulati M, Gupta N, Hamblin M, Huie T, Kaner R, Kass D, Kim H, Kreider M, Lancaster L, Lasky J, Limper A, Montesi S, Mooney J, Morrison L, Nambiar A, Nathan S, Natt B, Paul T, Perez R, Podolanczuk A, Raghu G, Scholand M, Shifren A, Strek M, Todd N, Walia R, Weight S, Whelan T, Wolters P. Cough-Specific Quality of Life Predicts Disease Progression Among Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease Data From the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry. CHEST Journal 2022, 162: 603-613. PMID: 35337809, PMCID: PMC9808640, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterstitial lung diseaseCough-specific QoLLeicester Cough QuestionnaireLung transplantationRespiratory hospitalizationsHigh riskPatient factorsLung diseaseDisease progressionLCQ scoreDisease severityMultivariable Cox regression modelsMultivariable proportional hazards modelsPatient-centered clinical outcomesBaseline disease severityGastroesophageal reflux diseaseHealth-related qualityRespiratory-related hospitalizationsCough-specific qualityIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary function parametersCox regression modelProportional hazards modelMultivariable proportional odds modelProportional odds model
2016
Validation of the prognostic value of MMP‐7 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Tzouvelekis A, Herazo‐Maya J, Slade M, Chu J, Deiuliis G, Ryu C, Li Q, Sakamoto K, Ibarra G, Pan H, Gulati M, Antin‐Ozerkis D, Herzog EL, Kaminski N. Validation of the prognostic value of MMP‐7 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respirology 2016, 22: 486-493. PMID: 27761978, PMCID: PMC5352520, DOI: 10.1111/resp.12920.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant-free survivalIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisMMP-7 concentrationsMatrix metalloproteinase-7IPF patientsCause mortalityPulmonary fibrosisHealthy controlsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelCox proportional hazards modelPulmonary function parametersVariable clinical courseBaseline pulmonary function parametersProportional hazards modelIPF biomarkersProgressive diseaseClinical coursePoor prognosisPrognostic valueVital capacityIndependent biomarkerLung capacityPrognostic thresholdPlasma concentrationsMortality risk