TY - JOUR T1 - Comorbidities in interstitial lung diseases JF - European Respiratory Review JO - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW DO - 10.1183/16000617.0027-2016 VL - 26 IS - 143 SP - 160027 AU - George A. Margaritopoulos AU - Katerina M. Antoniou AU - Athol U. Wells Y1 - 2017/03/31 UR - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/26/143/160027.abstract N2 - Fibrosing lung disorders include a large number of diseases with diverse behaviour. Patients can die because of the progression of their illness, remain stable or even improve after appropriate treatment has been instituted. Comorbidities, such as acute and chronic infection, gastro-oesophageal reflux, pulmonary hypertension, lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and obstructive sleep apnoea, can pre-exist or develop at any time during the course of the disease and, if unidentified and untreated, may impair quality of life, impact upon the respiratory status of the patients, and ultimately lead to disease progression and death. Therefore, early identification and accurate treatment of comorbidities is essential.Early detection and accurate management of comorbidity have benefits in reducing ILD morbidity and mortality http://ow.ly/4nmYie ER -