Sex Differences in the Incidence and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized by Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in Spain from 2016 to 2019

(1) Background: To assess sex differences in the incidence, characteristics, procedures and outcomes of patients admitted with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); to analyze variables associated in-hospital mortality (IHM). (2) Methods: We analyzed data collected by Spanish National Hospital Discharge Database, 2016–2019. (3) Results: identified 13,278 hospital discharges (66.4% men) IPF (primary diagnosis 32.33%; secondary diagnosis: 67.67%). Regardless position, incidence was higher among men than women, increasing age. Men had 2.74 times women. Comorbidity for either primary or diagnosis. After matching, prevalence embolism pneumonia, women congestive heart failure, dementia, rheumatoid disease hypertension. Invasive ventilation, bronchoscopy lung transplantation were received more often IHM as increased age both sexes those who suffered cancer, pneumonia required mechanical ventilation. (4) Conclusions: Incidence well comorbidity use bronchoscopy, ventilation transplantation. worse diagnosis, age, use.