Physician-based ultrasound-guided biopsy for diagnosing pleural disease

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1001-1006

  Hallifax, Robert J ^a,b   Corcoran, John P ^a,b   Ahmed, Asia ^c   Nagendran, Myura ^b   Rostom, Hussam ^b   Hassan, Neelam ^b   Maruthappu, Mahiben ^b   Psallidas, Ioannis ^a,b   Manuel, Ari ^a,b   Gleeson, Fergus V ^c   Rahman, Najib M ^a,b  

^a Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUTTING NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURA TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; ULTRASOUND GUIDED BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84907937827     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0299     Document Type: Article

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