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Determinants of progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Schwartz DA; Van Fossen DS; Davis CS; Helmers RA; Dayton CS; Burmeister LF; Hunninghake GW

Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994 Feb; 149(2)(Pt 1):444-449

https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.149.2.8306043

20044962

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive form of lung disease with a median survival of less than 5 yr. To address the progressive nature of this disease process, we investigated the determinants of decrements in lung function in patients with IPF. We prospectively evaluated 39 subjects with IPF. Our study subjects were followed for an average of 2 yr (range, 49 to 1,883 days) and lung function was measured on at least two separate occasions (mean = 9.1 separate tests) during the follow-up period. Since IPF is characterized by reduced lung volume and abnormal gas exchange, our analysis focused on the determinants of total lung capacity (TLC) and diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) during the period of observation. Although, on average, there was a 5.3% increase in the TLC and a 9.8% increase in DLCO between the first and last measure of lung function, 25% of the study population experienced a decline in the TLC and 28% of the study population experienced a decline in the DLCO. Decrements in TLC were independently associated with severe dyspnea (p = 0.01) and treatment with cyclophosphamide (p = 0.03). Decrements in DLCO were significantly and independently associated with more pack-years of cigarette smoking (p = 0.02), moderate (p = 0.03) or severe (p = 0.02) dyspnea, and treatment with cyclophosphamide (p = 0.0002). These findings indicate that several clinical characteristics are independently associated with subsequent declines in TLC and DLCO in patients with IPF.

Pulmonary-disorders; Pulmonary-system; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Pulmonary-function; Fibrosis; Diseases; Lung; Lung-disease; Lung-disorders; Lung-fibrosis; Lung-function; Mortality-rates; Morbidity-rates; Humans; Men; Women; Age-groups; Physiology; Epidemiology; Risk-factors; Smoking; Spirometry

David A. Schwartz, M.D., M.P.H., Pulmonary DiseaseDivision, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242

AJCMED

19940201

Journal Article

Grant

1994

Grant-Number-K01-OH-000093

2

1073-449X

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

IA

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa