VATS lung biopsy in suspected, diffuse interstitial lung disease provides diagnosis, and alters management strategies

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-92

  Ooi, Adrian ^a,b   Iyenger, Sri ^a   Ferguson, Jonathan ^a   Ritchie, Andrew J ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(UIP) Usual interstitial pneumonia; (VATS) video assisted thoracoscopic surgery; Diffuse interstitial lung disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMATOTHORAX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 21244503485     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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