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Learn about the administration and monitoring of immunosuppressive drugs in patients with lung disease and lung transplant recipients.

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Monitoring of Nonsteroidal Immunosuppressive Drugs in Patients With Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Recipients

November 2012

This CHEST guideline addresses the administration and monitoring of immunosuppressive drugs (with the exception of corticosteroids) to identify toxicities associated with each drug and appropriate protocols for monitoring these agents.

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Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society
Infectious Diseases Society of America and American Thoracic Society | July 2016

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