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Table 2 Characteristics of patients who developed acute exacerbation in pulmonary or non-pulmonary surgery

From: Postoperative acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia in pulmonary and non-pulmonary surgery: a retrospective study

  1. N/A not available, NC not calculable, BMI body mass index, IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, IP interstitial pneumonia, HRCT high resolution computed tomography, UIP usual interstitial pneumonia, VC vital capacity, FEV1/FVC forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity, DLCO diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, KL-6 Klebs von den Lungen-6, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, CRP C-reactive protein, JACS Japanese association for chest surgery
  2. †; P value < 0.05, Fisher’s exact test or Wilcoxon test