Exacerbations in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Triggered by Pulmonary and Nonpulmonary Surgery: A Case Series and Comprehensive Review of the Literature
Lung, 05/03/2012
Ghatol A et al. – Acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) can occur postoperatively after both pulmonary and nonpulmonary surgery and are associated with a high mortality rate. As a next step, a prospective multicenter clinical study of patients with IPF undergoing both pulmonary and nonpulmonary surgeries would allow the identification of perioperative risk factors in the development of Acute exacerbations (AE) of IPF.
