Clinical management implications of histologic information provided by lung biopsy in the multidisciplinary evaluation of interstitial lung diseases

Background: Previous studies have shown that histological information provide significant prognostic information and impact both diagnosis and diagnostic confidence in ILDs. However to date no studies have investigated the clinical management implications of lung biopsy. The aim of this study is to investigate whether the histological information changes clinicians9 management decision and what are the factors contributing to this change....