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- Esam H Alhamad and Gregory P Cosgrove.
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, KS, USA. esamalhamad@yahoo.com
- Med. Clin. North Am. 2011 Nov 1; 95 (6): 1071-93.
AbstractIn the last decade, significant progress has been made toward a better understanding of interstitial lung disease (ILD). A valuable tool for the clinician is high-resolution computed tomography, which aids in narrowing the differential diagnosis in patients with ILD and obviates the need for surgical lung biopsy when a usual interstitial pneumonia pattern is present. Clinicians evaluating and caring for patients with ILD need to recognize associated comorbidities. Substantial evidence shows that implementation of a multidisciplinary approach provides a high standard of care for patients, leading to improvements in the accuracy of clinical diagnosis that can significantly affect patient outcome.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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