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This is a critical sign, as severe gastrointestinal symptoms leading to dehydration can be linked to acute kidney injury in some cases
BAL may reveal alternative specific diagnoses: malignancy, infections, eosinophilic pneumonia, histiocytosis X, or alveolar proteinosis
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