Perioperative pirfenidone treatment as prophylaxis against acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a single-center analysis

ConclusionsAlthough perioperative pirfenidone treatment did not obviously prevent postoperative AE-IPF, it may reduce the mortality of lung cancer patients with IPF.

Source: Surgery Today - March 5, 2020 Category: Surgery Source Type: research