COUNTERPOINT: Should Transbronchial Cryobiopsies Be Considered the Initial Biopsy of Choice in Patients With a Possible Interstitial Lung Disease? No

Chest. 2019 May;155(5):895-897. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.02.321.

Authors

Lonny Yarmus¹, Sonye Danoff²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: lyarmus@jhmi.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

PMID: 31060703
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.02.321

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Biopsy / methods*
Bronchoscopy / methods*
Cryosurgery / adverse effects
Cryosurgery / methods*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias / diagnosis
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias / pathology*
Immunohistochemistry
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / pathology*
Patient Safety
Unnecessary Procedures