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Table 3 Clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with postoperative AE-ILD

From: Surgical outcomes and perioperative risk factors of patients with interstitial lung disease after pulmonary resection

Gender

/Age

Smoking indexa/Quitting time

Comorbidity

PFT

FEV1/MVV/DLCO

(% pred)

Type and history of ILD

Image feature and range of ILD

Pathology and TNM stage

Surgery

Operation time

(min)

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)

Onset of AE-ILD

Treatment

Outcome

M/74

30/180mo

None

80/84/53

IPF/3mo

UIP/whole lung field

SCLC/III-a

L + SLND/VATS

105

350

POD 2

Glucocorticoid /IMV

Died, POD 15

M/73

50/36mo

COPD, CHD

63.6/48.4/57.4

IPF/36mo

UIP/whole lung field

SCC/Ia2

W + SLND/VATS

75

30

POD 52

NIV

Improve

M/76

75/0.5mo

COPD, CHD, AF, renal carcinoma

92.8/93.4/64.9

IPF/36mo

UIP/bilateral subpleural area

SCLC/Ia1

W + SLND /VATS

60

20

POD 5

Glucocorticoid

Improve

M/60

150/1mo

CHD, DM

69/86/67

IPF/240mo

UIP/bilateral subpleural area

SCLC/IIb

L + SLND /VATS

160

200

POD 3

Glucocorticoid /NIV

Improve

M/74

50/1mo

HTN, SS, glomerular nephritis

88/134/66

CTD-ILD/48mo

Non-UIP/bilateral subpleural area

SCLC/IIIa

L + SLND /VATS

230

600

POD 3

Glucocorticoid /IMV

Died, POD 38

F/73

non-smoker

HTN, SS

60/92/64

CTD-ILD/48mo

Non-UIP/bilateral subpleural area

IP

L/VATS

160

600

POD 3

Glucocorticoid /NIV

Died, POD 13

M/70

non-smoker

CHD, DM

107.4/89/61.6

IPF/unknown

UIP/bilateral subpleural

area

IP

S + W/VATS

100

50

POD 30

Glucocorticoid /NIV

Died, POD 60

  1. Note: a: package-years
  2. Abbreviation: AE-ILD: acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease; AF: atrial fibrillation; CHD: coronary heart disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CTD-ILD: Connective tissue diseases related interstitial lung disease; DLCO: diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide; DM, diabetes mellitus; F: female; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; HTN, hypertension; ILD: interstitial lung disease; IMV: invasive mechanical ventilation; IP: Inflammatory pseudotumor; IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; L: lobectomy; M: male; min: minute; ml: milliliter; mo: month; MVV: maximal voluntary ventilation; NIV: Non-invasive ventilation; PFT: pulmonary function test; POD: postoperative day; S: segmentectomy; SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma; SCLC: Small cell carcinoma; SLND: systematic lymph node dissection; SS: Sjogren Syndrome; UIP: usual interstitial pneumonitis; VATS: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; W: wedge resection;