Perioperative risk factors in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a historical cohort study.

PURPOSE Perioperative complications of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are not well described. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors associated with adverse postoperative outcomes in IPF patients. METHODS We performed a single-centre historical cohort study of adult patients with IPF who underwent surgery between 2008 and 2018. We analyzed the prognostic utility of select perioperative factors for postoperative acute exacerbation of IPF (AE-IPF), acute respiratory worsening (ARW), pneumonia, and 30-day and one-year mortality using univariable and multivariable regression analyses. To adjust for multiple interactions, the false discovery rate (Q value) was utilized to appropriately adjust P values and a Q value 24 hr after surgery, 5.0% had AE-IPF, and 9.2% were diagnosed with postoperative pneumonia within 30 days of surgery. The 30-day mortality was 6.0% and the one-year mortality was 14.9%. Preoperative home oxygen use (relative risk [RR], 2.70; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.50 to 4.86; P < 0.001) and increasing surgical time (per 60 min) (RR, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.05; P < 0.001) were identified as independent risk factors for postoperative ARW. CONCLUSIONS In IPF patients, preoperative home oxygen requirement and increasing surgical time showed a strong relationship with postoperative ARW and may be useful markers for perioperative risk stratification. Facteurs de risque perioperatoires des patients atteints de fibrose pulmonaire idiopathique : une etude de cohorte historique.