Rapid on-site evaluation of transbronchial aspirates: Randomised comparison of two methods

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1216-1220

  Diacon, A H ^a   Koegelenberg, C F N ^a   Schubert, P ^a   Brundyn, K ^a   Louw, M ^a   Wright, C A ^a   Bolliger, C T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Cytodiagnosis; Fine needle; Lung neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TUBERCULOSIS; WRIGHT GIEMSA STAIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AZURE STAINS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77953530956     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00050809     Document Type: Article

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