... was a significant predictor of poor survival (hazard ratio, 4.652; 95% confidence interval, 1.231–17.586; p = 0.023), after adjustment for age, body mass index, FVC, and diffusing capacity. Conclusions: The diagnostic confidence level may predict clinical outcomes in patients with HP. Unlikely HP was shown to have...

...Joohae Kim; Chang-Hoon Lee; Seung-Sik Hwang; Deog-Kyeom Kim; Ho Il Yoon; Sang Haak Lee; Ki Uk Kim; Eun Kyung Kim; Tae-Hyung Kim; Ji-Hyun Lee; Yeon-Mok Oh; Sang-Do Lee Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality, therefore the prediction of mortality...

...Claudia A. Kossakowski; Alicia Morresi-Hauf; Philipp A. Schnabel; Ralf Eberhardt; Felix J.F. Herth; Arne Warth Minimally invasive diagnostic techniques are increasingly being used to obtain specimens for pathological diagnosis and prediction. Referring to lung cancer, both endobronchial...

... admitted to the ICU of a teaching hospital during a 14-year period. The model for early prediction of in-hospital mortality was developed on a derivation sample (67% of patients) using multiple logistic regression. Calibration and discrimination of the model were tested using the remaining validation...