A cohort study of mortality predictors and characteristics of patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema.

ABSTRACT: Our purpose was to assess the clinical data, predictors of mortality and acute exacerbation (AE) in combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) patients. Single-centre retrospective cohort study. Teaching hospital in Japan. We identified 93 CPFE patients with high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) through multidisciplinary discussion. Patients who had connective tissue disease, drug-associated interstitial lung disease and occupationally related interstitial lung disease, such as asbestosis and silicosis, were excluded. There were no interventions. Medical records and HRCT scans from January 2002 through December 2007 were reviewed retrospectively at our hospital. Ninety-three patients had CPFE. The mean age of CPFE patients was 74 years. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and non-spe

SUBMITTER: Kishaba T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358615 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature