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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:267
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original article: General thoracic

Invited commentary

Alessandro Brunelli, MD

Unit of Thoracic Surgery "Umberto I" Regional Hospital, Via S. Margherita 23, Ancona 60129, Italy

(Email: alexit_2000@yahoo.com).

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As a number of specific diseases can produce the syndrome of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and have specific therapies independent of ARDS, it is not clear that this syndrome is a homogeneous entity that can be treated uniformly. Theoretically, every effort should be made to achieve a specific diagnosis in these patients to institute an appropriate treatment that could improve their outcome. Previous studies have shown that lung biopsy was able to achieve a specific diagnosis in as much as 60% of patients with . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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