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Robert Vassallo

Researcher at Mayo Clinic

Publications -  169
Citations -  8055

Robert Vassallo is an academic researcher from Mayo Clinic. The author has contributed to research in topics: Interstitial lung disease & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 136 publications receiving 6287 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert Vassallo include University of Rochester.

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Incidence and mortality of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based study

TL;DR: The devastating impact of ILD on survival provides evidence that development of better strategies for the treatment of I LD could significantly lower the excess mortality among individuals with RA.
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Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis.

TL;DR: Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis is an uncommon but important cause of interstitial lung disease, and it occurs predominantly in adult cigarette smokers.
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Clinical outcomes of pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis in adults.

TL;DR: The survival of adults with pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis is shorter than that in the general population, and respiratory failure accounts for a substantial proportion of deaths among such patients.
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Smoking-related interstitial lung diseases: a concise review.

TL;DR: Most cases of desquamative interstitial pneumonia, respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis are caused by cigarette smoking in susceptible individuals, and smoking cessation should be a main component in the initial therapeutic approach to smokers with these interstitial Lung diseases.