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Figure
2.
Interstitial
Lung
Disease
Screening
and
Monitoring
Tests
Recommended
Against
Conditional
recommendation
against
Strong
recommendation
against
Chest
radiography
6-minute
walk
test
distance
Bronchoscopy
Tests
shown
are
recommended
against
for
routine
use,
although
examples
are
provided
when
these
tests
may
have
utility
for
assessing
patients
or
ruling
out
other
conditions.
Monitoring
tests
recommended
against
May
be
used
if
unable
to
perform
PFTs
or
used
pre-transplant
May
be
used
to
rule
out
infection
or
alveolar
hemorrhage
Chest
radiography
6-minute
walk
test
distance
Ambulatory
desaturation
testing
Bronchoscopy
Surgical
lung
biopsy
Screening
tests
recommended
against
May
be
used
if
inadequate
PFT
performance
May
be
used
to
rule
out
infection,
sarcoidosis,
lymphoma,
or
alveolar
hemorrhage
May
be
used
to
rule
out
malignancy
