Experts Predict High Mortality Rates From Pulmonary Fibrosis Will Continue To Rise
Mortality rates from pulmonary fibrosis (PF) have increased significantly in recent years, and are predicted to continue to rise, according to researchers from the University of Colorado. Between 1992 and 2003, the age-adjusted mortality rate from PF-an often fatal disease which involves scarring of the lung-rose by nearly 28.4 percent in men, and 41.3 percent in women.
