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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine research2015

A New Variant of Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema From Second-Hand Smoke: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Rafay Khan, Sunil Tulpule, Nneka Iroka, Shuvendu Sen, Teena Mathew, Mohammad Islam, Abdalla Yousif, Stacey Longo

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rafay KhanInternal Medicine Department, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 07733, USA.
Sunil TulpuleInternal Medicine Department, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 07733, USA.
Nneka IrokaInternal Medicine Department, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 07733, USA.
Shuvendu SenInternal Medicine Department, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 07733, USA.
Teena MathewInternal Medicine Department, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 07733, USA.
Mohammad IslamInternal Medicine Department, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 07733, USA.
Abdalla YousifInternal Medicine Department, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 07733, USA.
Stacey LongoDepartment of Pathology, Raritan Bay Medical Center, 530 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy, NJ 07733, USA.
Raritan Bay Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The findings of combined pulmonary fibrosis along with emphysema have been increasingly recognized in the medical literature. Patients presenting with such findings are usually found to be heavy smokers or former smokers. Their presentations begin with severe respiratory distress that gets progressively worse. They are found to have low diffusion capacity (DLCO) although spirometry will show preserved lung volumes. No prior research has presented a documented case of such a fatal condition in a young person with no prior history of smoking. In this case report, we discuss the presentation, diagnosis, and management of a young 29-year-old non-smoker with increasing shortness of breath with a complicated hospital course discovered to have an abnormal variant or presentation of "combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema" (CPFE). As most published studies have attributed these findings as a secondary response to a history of smoking, other etiologies and risk factors have yet to be properly analyzed resulting in prolonged hospital course and often missed diagnoses.

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EmphysemaLung diseasesPulmonary fibrosisSecond-hand smokeSmoker

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