Diagnosis and treatment of postoperative acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Review the current diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis acute exacerbations . Methods Herein present a male patients 69 years and with AE-IPF with considerable preoperative pulmonary function and make a literature review .Results The patient's preoperative lung function was better , but postoperative acute pulmonary fi-brosis exacerbated and died.Conclusion The conditions of patients having AE-IPF are usually unable to be discovered easily and it deteriorates rapidly, with a very poor prognosis.