A New Scale to Assess the Severity and Prognosis of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Table 9

Prognosis of patients according to SPSP.

	Severity and prognosis score of PAP (SPSP)
	1 or 2	3 or 4	5 or 6	7 or 8	9 or 10
(%)	13 (12.9%)	21 (20.8%)	32 (31.7%)	25 (24.8%)	10 (9.9%)
Prognosis
Improvement, number (%)	10 (76.9%)	16 (76.2%)	25 (78.1)	20 (80%)	5 (50%)
Stable, number (%)	3 (23.1%)	4 (19.0%)	5 (15.6)	3 (12%)	1 (10%)
Exacerbation, number (%)	0 (0)	1 (4.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (10%)
Death, number (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (6.3)	2 (8%)	3 (30%)

Data are presented as (%) or mean ± SD unless otherwise stated. PAP: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis; SPSP: severity and prognosis score of PAP.