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. 2007 Jun 15;62(12):1069–1073. doi: 10.1136/thx.2006.068494

Table 1 Diagnoses of transplanted patients and those who died while on the waiting list.

Diagnosis Transplanted (n = 17) Died on list (n = 37)
IPF/UIP 15 27
Based on
 Biopsy/radiology 15 13
 Radiology 0 14
Non‐IPF/non‐IIP 2 10
 IIP unspecified 0 5
 CT disease associated 1 2
 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis 1 3

Patients are subdivided into those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and those with other forms of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) and non‐IIP forms of pulmonary fibrosis. Patients with IPF are classified according to findings on biopsy and radiology as illustrated above. Data for those transplanted were obtained from explant pathology.