BACKGROUND Pulmonary nodules remain a diagnostic challenge for physicians. Minimally invasive biopsy methods include bronchoscopy and CT guided transthoracic needle aspiration (TTNA). A novel electromagnetic guidance transthoracic needle aspiration (ETTNA) procedure which can be combined with navigational bronchoscopy (NB) and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) in a single setting has become avail...

AIM To evaluate diagnostic yields of capsule endoscopy (CE) and/or single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) in patients with suspected small bowel diseases. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 700 patients with suspected small bowel diseases from September 2010 to March 2016. CE, SBE, or SBE with prior CE was performed in 401, 353, and 47 patients, respectively. Data from clinical and endoscopy recor...

INTRODUCTION We analyse the factors that are associated with the diagnostic yield of needle brain biopsy. MATERIAL AND METHODS We present a retrospective series of 124 consecutive biopsies in a 30-month period. Patients' demographics (age, gender), lesion topography (side, location, depth), lesion characteristics (histology, volume, radiological enhancement), type of biopsy procedure (freehan...

The technique of transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) has expanded the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy . In this article we are presenting 54 patients with diffuse pulmonary parenchymal involvement who underwent this procedure during six years between June 1980 and December 1989. The diagnostic yield of this technique in diffuse pulmonary parenchymal disease is great and was 66 percent exclu...

the technique of transbronchial lung biopsy (tblb) has expanded the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy . in this article we are presenting 54 patients with diffuse pulmonary parenchymal involvement who underwent this procedure during six years between june 1980 and december 1989. the diagnostic yield of this technique in diffuse pulmonary parenchymal disease is great and was 66 percent excluding ...

BACKGROUND Priority of all bronchoscopies has been diagnostic yield and various techniques have been introduced to improve it. Transbronchial biopsy (TBB) and transbronchial aspirates (TBA) also play an important role in improving diagnostic yield. The aim of the study was to determine the diagnostic yield of biopsies via fibre optic bronchoscopy (FOB) in 108 cases in which it was indicated. ...

BACKGROUND The patterns, performance characteristics, and yield of diagnostic tests ordered for the evaluation of acute kidney injury (AKI) have not been rigorously evaluated. METHODS We characterized the frequency of AKI diagnostic testing for urine, blood, radiology, and pathology tests in all adult inpatients who were admitted with or developed AKI (N = 4903 patients with 5731 AKI episodes...

OBJECTIVE To compare the cost effectiveness of a conventional diagnostic work-up with that of several different diagnostic cascades for the investigation of undifferentiated syncope. DESIGN A MEDLINE search established a weighted estimate of diagnostic yield for several diagnostic investigations. 'High-end' and 'low-end' cost estimates were calculated for these investigations based on figures...