Video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy as a possible cause of acute interstitial pneumonia in a patient with nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 437-440

  Moore, D Jeffrey ^a   McParland, Colm P ^a   Bullock, Martin J ^b   Cartier, Yannick ^b   Hernandez, Paul ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interstitial lung disease; Lung biopsy; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INJURY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 7244251834     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/805742     Document Type: Article

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