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Table 5 Correlation between safety outcome and diagnostic yield with number of samples

From: Diagnostic yield and risk/benefit analysis of trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: a large cohort of 699 patients

 

1–2 samples

≥ 3 samples

Fisher’s exact test

Pneumothorax

19/166 (11.4%)

115/532 (21.6%)

p 0,0009

Pathological diagnosis

145/168 (86.3%)

469/531 (88.3%)

p 0,5030

1 sample

2 samples

p

23/34 (67.6%)

122/134 (91.0%)

0,0090

Multidisciplinary diagnosis

20/168 (11.9%)

49/531 (9.2%)

p 0,3406

1 sample

2 samples

p

23/34 (67.6%)

125/134 (87.0%)

0,0042