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Original Articles: General Thoracic

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Department of Surgery, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, One Wyoming St, 7801 WCHE, Dayton, OH 45409

(Email: alex.little@wright.edu).

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This article 1] is particularly useful because it addresses a specific subset of patients who are potential candidates for surgical lung biopsy. It includes only patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). What it does not include is patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or patients with pulmonary masses who are candidates for a wedge resection for either diagnosis or treatment. Focusing solely on this particular subset of patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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