Mortality and survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Qiang ZhengIngrid A CoxJulie A CampbellQing XiaPetr OtahalBarbara de GraaffTamera J CorteAlan K Y TeohE Haydn WaltersAndrew J PalmerPublished in: ERJ open research (2022)
IPF is a diagnosis associated with high mortality. There was no observed increasing survival trend for patients with IPF before year 2010, with then a switch to an improvement, which is probably multifactorial.