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.