A prospective study of the timing and cost-effectiveness of bronchial washing during bronchoscopy for pulmonary malignant tumors

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 394-400

  Van Der Drift, Miep A ^a   Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan ^b   Thunnissen, Frederik B J M ^a   Janssen, Julius P ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Brushing; Cost effectiveness; Endoscopically visible tumor; Lung cancer; Peripheral nonvisible tumor; Washing; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 22244433495     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.1.394     Document Type: Article

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