• The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P. R. China;
JU Chunrong, Email: juchunrong@126.com
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Objective To analyze the benefits of lung transplantation in the treatment of interstitial lung disease (ILD) and investigate its prognostic factors.Methods The clinical data of patients diagnosed with ILD and meet the lung transplantation criteria were retrospectively analyzed from January 2012 to December 2017 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University. A total of 111 patients, 88 males and 23 females, aged (58.3±11.4) years old, were divided into lung transplantation group and non-lung transplantation group. Clinical data and prognosis of the two groups were compared and the factors affecting the prognosis of lung transplantation were analyzed with relevant literatures. Results  There were 56 patients in lung transplantation group and 55 patients in non-lung transplantation group. The mainly underlying disease of both groups were idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). There was no significant difference in age, body mass index, arterial partial pressure of oxygen, percentage of forced vital capacity in the estimated value, percentage of diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide in the estimated value, six-minute walk distance between the two groups (P>0.05). The pulmonary arterial hypertension and arterial partial pressure of carbondioxide were higher in lung transplantation group than non-transplantation group (P<0.05). The 1-year survival rate in the lung transplantation group was significantly higher than that in the non-lung transplantation group: 77.4% vs. 32.7% (P<0.01). COX regression analysis showed that preoperative ventilator dependence, serum creatinine, bilirubin, pulmonary artery pressure, and procedures (single lung vs. double lung) had no significant effect on the prognosis of lung transplantation; age and preoperative diabetes mellitus were risk factors for the prognosis of lung transplantation.Conclusions Lung transplantation can significantly improve the prognosis of patients with ILD who are refractory to medicine therapy. IPF patients should be advised to consider lung transplantation as soon as possible. Age and preoperative diabetes mellitus are risk factors for the prognosis of lung transplantation.

Citation: LIAN Qiaoyan, XU Xin, LUO Qun, WEI Bin, CHEN Ao, PENG Guilin, HUANG Danxia, HE Jianxing, JU Chunrong. Lung transplantation for interstitial lung disease : benefits and prognostic factors. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019, 18(2): 134-139. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.201806019 Copy

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