Epidemiology of organising pneumonia in Iceland

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Link field BACKGROUND: Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (COP) has also been called idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia. In secondary organising pneumonia (SOP) the causes can be id...

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Published in:Thorax
Main Authors: Gudmundsson, G, Sveinsson, O, Isaksson, H J, Jonsson, S, Frodadottir, H, Aspelund, T
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: British Medical Assn 2006
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
Female
Humans
Iceland/epidemiology
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Survival Analysis
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/6282
https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2006.059469
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Summary:To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Link field BACKGROUND: Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (COP) has also been called idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia. In secondary organising pneumonia (SOP) the causes can be identified or it occurs in a characteristic clinical context. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and epidemiological features of COP and SOP nationwide in Iceland over an extended period. METHODS: A retrospective study of organising pneumonia (OP) in Iceland over 20 years was conducted and the epidemiology and survival were studied. All pathological reports of patients diagnosed with or suspected of having COP or SOP in the period 1984-2003 were identified and the pathology samples were re-evaluated using strict diagnostic criteria. RESULTS: After re-evaluation, 104 patients fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for OP (58 COP and 46 SOP). The mean annual incidence of OP was 1.97/100 000 population (1.10/100 000 for COP and 0.87/100 000 for SOP). The mean age at diagnosis was 67 years with a wide age range. The most common causes of death were lung diseases other than OP, and only one patient died from OP. Patients with OP had a lower rate of survival than the general population, but there was no statistical difference between COP and SOP. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of OP is higher than previously reported, suggesting that OP needs to be considered as a diagnosis more often than has been done in the past.

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