Hospitalisation patterns in interstitial lung diseases: data from the EXCITING-ILD registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) comprise a heterogeneous group of mainly chronic lung diseases with more than 200 entities and relevant differences in disease course and prognosis. Little data is available on hospitalisation patterns in ILD.

Methods

The EXCITING-ILD (Exploring Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Interstitial Lung Diseases) registry was analysed for hospitalisations. Reasons for hospitalisation were classified as all cause, ILD-related and respiratory hospitalisations, and patients were analysed for frequency of hospitalisations, time to first non-elective hospitalisation, mortality and progression-free survival. Additionally, the risk for hospitalisation according to GAP index and ILD subtype was calculated by Cox proportional-hazard

SUBMITTER: Buschulte K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765927 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature