Learning curve of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-85

  Tutar, Nuri ^a   Büyükoǧlan, Hakan ^a   Yilmaz, Insu ^a   Kanbay, Asiye ^b   Önal, Ömer ^a   Bilgin, Mehmet ^a   Canöz, Özlem ^a   Demir, Ramazan ^a   Oyak, Fatma Sema ^a   Gülmez, Inci ^a   Çetinkaya, Erdoǧan ^c  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Education and Agencies Hospital   (Turkey)

^c KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Learning curve; Mediastinal lymphadenopathy; Transbronchial aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHRACOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CONVENTIONAL TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRONCHOSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 84891832253     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12041     Document Type: Article

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