A cohort study of mortality predictors in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia.

ABSTRACT: To assess clinical, laboratory and radiographic findings associated with outcomes and to clarify more practical ways to predict hospital mortality in patients with acute exacerbation (AE) of chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia (CFIP). Single-centre retrospective cohort study. University Hospital in Japan. We identified 51 consecutive patients with AE of idiopathic CFIP through multidisciplinary discussion. Patients who had connective tissue disease, drug-induced lung disease, pneumoconiosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary histiocytosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis and eosinophilic pneumonia were excluded. There were no interventions. The main outcome was determination of in-hospital mortality predictors. Other outcomes included clinical, laboratory and radiographic

SUBMITTER: Usui Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3731726 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature