Abstract
Fifty-five patients who underwent fluoroscopically guided needle aspiration lung biopsy were randomly assigned to one of two postbiopsy treatment groups: Patients were placed recumbent with puncture site either down (n = 36) or up (n = 19) for at least 1 hour. No significant difference in pneumothorax rate was seen between the two groups. Chest tube placement, however, was required in 21% (four of 19) of the puncture-site-up group versus 3% (one of 36) of the puncture-site-down group, which was a significant difference (P = .04). Puncture-site-down postbiopsy positioning reduces the proportion of patients requiring chest tube placement after lung biopsy.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 385-387 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Radiology |
| Volume | 181 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Nov 1991 |
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Keywords
- Biopsies, complications, 60.458, 66.732
- Lung neoplasms, 60.31, 60.32
- Lung, biopsy, 60.458, 66.732
- Pneumothorax, 66.732
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
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Effect of patient positioning after needle aspiration lung biopsy. / Moore, Elizabeth H; LeBlanc, Johanne; Montesi, Scott A.; Richardson, Michael L.; Shepard, Jo Anne O; McLoud, Theresa C.
In: Radiology, Vol. 181, No. 2, 11.1991, p. 385-387.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Effect of patient positioning after needle aspiration lung biopsy
AU - Moore, Elizabeth H
AU - LeBlanc, Johanne
AU - Montesi, Scott A.
AU - Richardson, Michael L.
AU - Shepard, Jo Anne O
AU - McLoud, Theresa C.
PY - 1991/11
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N2 - Fifty-five patients who underwent fluoroscopically guided needle aspiration lung biopsy were randomly assigned to one of two postbiopsy treatment groups: Patients were placed recumbent with puncture site either down (n = 36) or up (n = 19) for at least 1 hour. No significant difference in pneumothorax rate was seen between the two groups. Chest tube placement, however, was required in 21% (four of 19) of the puncture-site-up group versus 3% (one of 36) of the puncture-site-down group, which was a significant difference (P = .04). Puncture-site-down postbiopsy positioning reduces the proportion of patients requiring chest tube placement after lung biopsy.
AB - Fifty-five patients who underwent fluoroscopically guided needle aspiration lung biopsy were randomly assigned to one of two postbiopsy treatment groups: Patients were placed recumbent with puncture site either down (n = 36) or up (n = 19) for at least 1 hour. No significant difference in pneumothorax rate was seen between the two groups. Chest tube placement, however, was required in 21% (four of 19) of the puncture-site-up group versus 3% (one of 36) of the puncture-site-down group, which was a significant difference (P = .04). Puncture-site-down postbiopsy positioning reduces the proportion of patients requiring chest tube placement after lung biopsy.
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KW - Lung neoplasms, 60.31, 60.32
KW - Lung, biopsy, 60.458, 66.732
KW - Pneumothorax, 66.732
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