Open lung biopsy in diffuse infiltrative lung disease with progressive dyspnoea: is it useful?
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ABSTRACT
Eleven subjects, aged between 15 and 60 years, presenting with diffuse infiltrative lung disease (DILD) and progressive dyspnoea, underwent an open lung biopsy (OLB). The authors feel that OLB does give a confidence to the treating physician to begin with a specific therapy in the form of steroids. But, as a matter of fact, at most health care delivery centres in the country, facilities for OLB are not available. Hence, the specific therapy should be instituted presumptively following an overall suggestion of disease based upon the clinical, physiological (chiefly comprising the pulmonary function test or PFT) and the radiological criteria, so that progression of disease could be arrested at an early stage.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Biopsy
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Adolescent
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Lung Diseases, Interstitial
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Adult
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Dyspnea
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Middle Aged
Language:
English
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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