Open AccessDiagnostic yield of electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy: A safety net community-based hospital experience in the United States
Author(s) -
Sujith Cherian,
Saranjit Kaur,
Siddharth Karanth,
Jonathan Z. Xian,
Rosa M. EstradaYMartin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_388_20
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonologists , pneumothorax , bronchoscopy , retrospective cohort study , malignancy , emergency medicine , radiology , surgery , intensive care medicine
Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB) is an excellent tool to diagnose peripheral pulmonary nodules, especially in the setting of emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis. However, most of these procedures are done by interventional pulmonologists and academic tertiary centers under general anesthesia. Studies evaluating the diagnostic utility of this tool in safety-net community hospitals by pulmonologists not formally trained in this technology are lacking. The objective was to evaluate the diagnostic yield of ENB done in such a setting and its associated complications.