Study examines sleep apnea’s role in lung diseases
Apr. 13, 2012, 11:43 AMBased on results from a 2009 pilot study that showed sleep apnea is more common in people who have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) than in the general population, Vanderbilt’s IPF research group is embarking on a larger study to determine its prevalence in people with other interstitial lung diseases (ILD).