Open AccessDiagnostic Utility and Safety of Endobronchial Ultrasound–guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in the Elderly
Author(s) -
Sahajal Dhooria,
Inderpaul Singh Sehgal,
Nalini Gupta,
Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad,
Ashutosh N. Aggarwal,
Ritesh Agarwal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000605
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , malignancy , logistic regression , lymph node , multivariate analysis , endobronchial ultrasound , population , retrospective cohort study , radiology , surgery , bronchoscopy , physics , environmental health , optics
There is limited evidence regarding the effect of age on the specimen adequacy, positivity rate of specimen on cytology (PR), and safety of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA). The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of EBUS-TBNA in the elderly.