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Table 8 Correlation between safety profile and baseline lung function

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

 

Pneumothorax

No pneumothorax

Mann-Whitney test

FVC

80.9% (41–137)

86,6% (38–143)

p 0,0079

DLCO

58,2% (25–109)

61,9% (14–129)

p 0,0331

 

Bleeding

No bleeding

Mann-Whitney test

FVC

85.9% (44–128)

85.6% (38–143)

0,8909

DLCO

61.4% (26–99)

61.4% (18–129)

0,9469

  1. Abbreviations: FVC Forced vital capacity, DLCO Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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