Open AccessEndobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
Author(s) -
Zachary S. DePew,
Eric S. Edell,
David E. Midthun,
John J. Mullon,
Aaron O. Bungum,
Paul Decker,
Fabien Maldonado
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31826e361c
Subject(s) - medicine , sampling (signal processing) , endobronchial ultrasound , malignancy , radiology , lymph node , bronchoscopy , sedation , surgery , pathology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is increasingly used to sample mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes and has excellent diagnostic test characteristics. The determinants of sampling adequacy, however, have not been extensively examined. We set out to determine which procedural variables were associated with acquisition of tissue sufficient for pathologic analysis during EBUS-TBNA.