Increased odds for acute respiratory disease with lung abnormality growth in smokers
The odds for severe acute respiratory disease events rose among previous/current smokers with evidence of quantitative interstitial abnormality, or QIA, progression on CT scans, according to results published in Radiology.“QIA includes features like reticulation and ground-glass opacities as well as subtle density changes with important clinical implications,” Bina Choi, MD, associate