Safety and yield of ultrasound-assisted transthoracic biopsy performed by pulmonologists

Respiration

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 519-522

  Diacon, A H ^a,b   Schuurmans, M M ^a   Theron, J ^a   Schubert, P T ^a   Wright, C A ^a   Bolliger, C T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lung, biopsy; Mediastinum, biopsy; Mesothelioma; Pleura, biopsy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HAND; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SARCOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; MYELOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA TUMOR; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX WALL DEFECT; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULOMA; ULTRASOUND; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 5644233705     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080638     Document Type: Article

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