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Table 1 Respiratory Alterations in IBD

From: Respiratory involvement in inflammatory bowel diseasesInteressamento respiratorio nelle malattie infiammatorie intestinali

Respiratory function defects

• Restrictive

• Obstructive

• Hyperinflation

• BHR

• DLCO abnormality

Airways disease

• Glottic or subglottic stenosis

• Tracheal stenosis

• Chronic bronchitis

• COPD

• Bronchiectasis

• Bronchiolitis

• Asthma

Parenchymal disease

• Diffuse interstitial lung disease

• COP

• Pulmonary granulomatosis

• Pulmonary vasculitis

• Necrobiotic pulmonary nodules

Drug-induced pneumonitis

  1. Definition of abbreviations: BHR, bronchial hyperresponsiveness; COP, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DLCO, diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; IBD, inflammatory bowel diseases.
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Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

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