Learning curves for endobronchial ultrasound using cusum analysis

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 534-538

  Kemp, S V ^a   El Batrawy, S H ^a   Harrison, R N ^b   Skwarski, K ^c   Munavvar, M ^d   Roselli, A ^e   Cusworth, K ^b   Shah, P L ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; UNITED KINGDOM; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; LUNG TUMOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953704822     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.127274     Document Type: Article

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