Diagnostic yield and therapeutic impact of open lung biopsy in the critically ill patient.

Open lung biopsy (OLB) is a rare procedure in intensive care units (ICUs) for therapeutic management of acute respiratory failure (ARF). The purpose of this study was to analyze the diagnostic yield, therapeutic contribution and complications of OLB in ICU patients with ARF of unclear etiology, incl...

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Main Authors: Carole Philipponnet, Lucie Cassagnes, Bruno Pereira, Jean-Louis Kemeny, Mojgan Devouassoux-Shisheboran, Alexandre Lautrette, Claude Guerin, Bertrand Souweine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5969763?pdf=render