Risk-adjusted diagnostic yield and outcomes for endobronchial ultrasound-guided TBNA: results of the ACCP AQuIRE Registry
Ost D, Simoff M, Feller-Kopman D, et al. Risk-adjusted diagnostic yield and outcomes for endobronchial ultrasound-guided TBNA: results of the ACCP AQuIRE Registry [abstract]. Chest 2009; 136:69S-e
PURPOSE: Interest is growing in the use of registries to address such issues as outcomes research, health care quality assessment, best-practices determination, resource allocation, and reimbursement. Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a relatively new technology that is rapidly becoming widely accepted in clinical practice. However, there are little outcomes data available regarding risk adjusted diagnostic -yield for EBUS-TBNA outside of the research setting.
METHODS: Data was prospectively collected from 8 centers participting in the ACCP Quality Improvement Registry, Evaluation, and Education (AQuIRE) diagnostic bronchoscopy registry on consecutive patients undergoing EBUS-TBNA. This included information on demographics, indications, procedure details, anesthesia, comorbidities, general health status, lymph node size, diagnostic yield, final diagnosis, complications, morbidity and mortality, escalations in level of care, and procedural resource utilization.
