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EBUS-guided mediastinal lung cancer staging: monitoring of quality standards improves performance: Table 1

Authors :
Rajesh Shah
Philip A.J. Crosbie
H. Doran
J. Martin
Richard Booton
Matthew Evison
Zoe Borrill
S. Bailey
Durgesh Rana
Jennifer Hoyle
Source :
Thorax. 71:762-763
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
BMJ, 2016.

Abstract

This audit examined key performance indices related to endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided mediastinal lung cancer staging before and after the introduction of defined quality standards, at four independent EBUS centres in one cancer network. Data from 642 procedures were prospectively collected and analysed. The introduction of standards was associated with a significant increase (p

Details

ISSN :
14683296 and 00406376
Volume :
71
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Thorax
Accession number :
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