Postoperative Acute Exacerbation of IPF after Lung Resection for Primary Lung Cancer

Table 2

The incidence and mortality of postoperative acute exacerbation of IPF.

Author	Published year	No. of AEIPF	Incidence of AEIPF (%)	Death of AEIPF	Mortality	Mortality after AEIPF	No. of IPF Pts	Total no. of Pts
Fujimoto et al. [12]	2003	0	0	0	0	NA	21	NA
Kumar et al. [13]	2003	5 (ARDS)	20.8	4	16.7	80	24	988
Chiyo et al. [14]	2003	9	25	3	8.3	33.3	36	931
Koizumi et al. [15]	2004	7	14.9	6	12.8	85.7	47	1103
Okamoto et al. [16]	2004	4	20	3	20	75	20	NA
Kushibe et al. [17]	2007	4	12.1	4	18.2	100	33	1066
Watanabe et al. [18]	2008	4	7.4	4	7.4	100	54	870
Minegishi et al. [19]	2009	8	8.6	3	22.9	37.5	35	NA
Shintani et al. [20]	2010	6	15	5	12.5	83.3	40	1256

AEIPF: acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, NA: not available, Pts: patients, ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.