Diagnostic Surgical Lung Biopsies for Suspected Interstitial Lung Diseases: A Retrospective Study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Sigurdsson, Martin I ^a,b   Isaksson, Helgi J ^a   Gudmundsson, Gunnar ^a,b   Gudbjartsson, Tomas ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICELAND; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ICELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 67649786489     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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