Single versus multiple lung biopsies for suspected interstitial lung disease

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 788-791

  Khalil, Mohammed ^a   Cowen, Michael ^a   Chaudhry, Mubarak ^a   Loubani, Mahmoud ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnosis; differential; interstitial; Lung diseases; Pulmonary fibrosis; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOPSY; CHEST TUBE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DRAINAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84991087025     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: 18165370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492316665551     Document Type: Article

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