Comparative effectiveness of radial probe endobronchial ultrasound versus CT-guided needle biopsy for evaluation of peripheral pulmonary lesions: A randomized pragmatic trial

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1704-1711

  Steinfort, Daniel P ^a,b   Vincent, Janette ^a   Heinze, Stefan ^a   Antippa, Phillip ^a   Irving, Louis B ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Diagnostic accuracy; Lung cancer; Non inferiority; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL LUNG BIOPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROTHORAX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NODULAR LYMPHOMATOSIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DECISION MAKING; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052964102     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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