Archivos de bronconeumología
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Jun 2015
Observational StudyCryobiopsy in the diagnosis of diffuse interstitial lung disease: yield and cost-effectiveness analysis.
Assessment of patients with suspected interstitial lung disease (ILD) includes surgical lung biopsy (SLB) when clinical and radiological data are inconclusive. However, cryobiopsy is acquiring an important role in the ILD diagnostic process. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic yield, safety and economic costs of the systematic use of cryobiopsy in the assessment of patients with suspected ILD. ⋯ Cryobiopsy is a safe and potentially useful technique in the diagnostic assessment of patients with ILD. Furthermore, the systematic use of cryobiopsy has an important economic impact.
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Jun 2015
Observational StudyFixed-altitude stair-climbing test replacing the conventional symptom-limited test. A pilot study.
The objective of this study was to investigate whether a patient's maximum capacity is comparable in 2 different stair-climbing tests, allowing the simplest to be used in clinical practice. ⋯ The results of this study show a reasonable level of concordance between both stair-climbing tests. The standard test can be replaced by the fixed-altitude test up to 12 m.