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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Zaghw, M.D. [2]

Overview

The heterogeneous nature of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia with its various clinical picture makes the outcomes and prognosis is different for each subtype. Acute interstitial pneumonia is of sudden onset and extremely rapid respiratory failure with deteriorating hypoxemia with over than 60% mortality in 6 month.[1] However chronic interstitial pneumonia may be nonspecific cellular which would have a long survival period over than 10 years, of better outcome than chronic nonspecific fibrosing.[2] Different quantitative parameters have been suggested and still being validated to assess to severity and predict the outcomes. Patient scoring system is simply a way to involve different clinical, radiological, histopathological and biomarkers parameters to define what will be accurately correlated with the real clinical events.

Natural History and Complications

  • The diagnosis of acute exacerbation of IIPs requires an evidence of respiratory deterioration and exclusion of common causes, such as infection, pulmonary embolism, heart failure, and pneumothorax.[3] Acute exacerbation of IPF has been associated with increased mortality; in fact, recent studies have suggested mortality rates ranging from 20 to 86% following an acute exacerbation of IPF.[4][5] In addition, a retrospective study showed that 50% of the mortality of IPF patients occurred in the context of an acute deterioration in pulmonary function associated with an acute exacerbation. [6].Shown below is an image depicting different pattern of changes in the pulmonary functions over years after diagnosis.

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Predictors for survival

  • Controversial debate among the patient age and the baseline pulmonary function, as some studies found that may have predictive significance however other studies found that inconsistent with any prognostic value.
  • Histological and radiological parameters were considered over the past decade as an estimate for the patient outcome.
  • Conventional radiological findings as mild ground glass attenuation predicts physiologic improvement after steroid treatment.[7] As mild ground glass opacity on CT often regresses on treatment in patients who have histological DIP, but may not decrease as readily in those with histologic UIP.[8] However some areas of ground glass opacity not only regress with treatment, but it may progress to reticular opacity or honeycombing on follow-up evaluation[9] Predominant reticular opacity or honeycombing usually progress despite treatment. The extent of lung fibrosis on CT is an important predictor of survival.[10]
  • High resolution Computed Tomography (RCT) has a prognostic value as consistent HRCT findings such as symmetric bilateral reticulation, architectural distortion and lower lobes subpleural lung regions honeycombing are associated with the worst survival with median survival of 2.08, however inconsistent HRCT findings are associated with less mortality with more median survival 5.79.[11]
  • Composite index increases the prognostic power as multiple parameters are more accurate than single parameter.
  • Composite physiologic index (CPI) from simple spirometry and DlCO and demonstrated that CPI was linked to mortality more closely than the individual pulmonary function test values.[11]
  • The CPI score is easier to generate because no radiographic scoring or exercise data are required. But still wide validation studies for CPI are required

Chronic Fibrosing IIPs

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • The most common and the worst prognosis of chronic IIPs.
  • survival time depends on the definition of the diagnosis ( reticular background on conventional X-ray or onset of the symptoms which usually is 2-3 years after the radiological findings)[5]
  • 5-yr mortality 80%, median survival 2-3 year
  • Mortality is most frequently due to respiratory failure (38.7%); other causes of death include heart failure (14.4%), bronchogenic carcinoma (10.4%), ischemic heart disease (9.5%), infection (6.5%), and pulmonary embolism (3.4%)[12]
  • Nonfatal disease-associated complications include pneumothorax, corticosteroid-induced metabolic side effects and myopathy, and therapy-related immunosuppression.
Idiopathic Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia
  • Better outcome than IPF.
  • Cellular type is more common than Fibrotic type.
  • The cellular NSIP is better than fibrosing type of NSIP.
  • Larger studies are needed to understand the clinical course of NSIP.
  • Cellular NSIP median survival > 10 years, however fibrotic NSIP median survival is 6-8 years.
  • Cellular NSIP 5-year mortality is <10%, however fibrotic NSIP 5-year mortality is >10%[2]
  • Other studies showed that 10-year survival of fibrotic NSIP is 35%,[13] 5-Yr survival rate is 43%, [14] 25% deterioration of lung function despite treatment.[15]

Acute/Subacute IIPs

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
  • 5-year mortality < 5%[2]
Acute Interstitial Pneumonia (Hamman-Rich Syndrome)
  • 60% mortality in 6 months[2][5]

Smoking-related IIPs

Respiratory Bronchiolitis-Interstitial Lung Disease
  • No death reported, 5-year mortality < 5%[2]
Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia
  • No death reported, 5-yr mortality < 5%[2]

Biomarkers

The functional lung capacity, pulmonary functions and mortality have been linked to some biomarkers. For example some studies showed that rapidly deteriorating lung function and higher mortality have been associated with high serum level of epithelial or macrophage-related proteins such as SP-A, SP-D, KL-6 (Krebs von den Lungen-6), CCL18 (chemokine ligand-18), and MMP-7 (matrix metalloproteinase-7)[16][17][18]

References

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