Ten Years of Linear Endobronchial Ultrasound: Evidence of Efficacy, Safety and Cost-effectiveness;Diez años de ecobroncoscopia lineal: Evidencia sobre su eficacia, seguridad y coste-efectividad

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 96-102

  Fernández Villar, Alberto ^a   Mouronte Roibás, Cecilia ^a   Botana Rial, Maribel ^a   Ruano Raviña, Alberto ^b,c  

^a Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; EBUS TBNA; Endobronchial ultrasound; Evidence

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EXTRATHORACIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TUBERCULOSIS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BRONCHOSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84955574329     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2015.08.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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