Outcomes and safety of surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1600-1605

  Lettieri, Christopher J ^a   Veerappan, Ganesh R ^a   Helman, Donald L ^a   Mulligan, Charles R ^a   Shorr, Andrew F ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Interstitial lung disease; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcomes; Safety; Surgical lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19844364650     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.5.1600     Document Type: Article

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