Open AccessUltrasonography for the Diagnosis of Pneumothorax after Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy in Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases
Author(s) -
Luca Viglietta,
Riccardo Inchingolo,
Cristina Pavano,
Sara Tomassetti,
Sara Piciucchi,
Andrea Smargiassi,
Claudia Ravaglia,
Alessandra Dubini,
Carlo Gurioli,
Carlo Gurioli,
Venerino Poletti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000477818
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , radiology , bronchoscopy , lung , concordance , pulmonologists , gold standard (test) , nuclear medicine , intensive care medicine
Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) can be indicated in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLDs) when a confident noninvasive diagnosis cannot be made. The 2 most relevant complications of TBLC are bleeding and pneumothorax (PTX). The accuracy of chest ultrasonography (US) for the detection of PTX is higher when compared to chest X-ray (CXR) with reference to computed tomography (CT) scan as a gold standard.