title: Evaluation of unguided transbronchial biopsy in the diagnosis of pulmonary disease--its safety and efficacy as an out-patient procedure.
abstract: Sixty-five patients underwent unguided fiberoptic transbronchial biopsy on an out-patient basis. Satisfactory material for histopathological examination was obtained in 55 patients. A reasonably definite pathological diagnosis could be established in 51 patients. The commonest diagnosis arrived at was that of interstitial fibrosis. Complications were observed in 4 (6.2%) patients. Fiberoptic transbronchial biopsy is, therefore, a safe and efficacious out-patient technique for establishing a pathological diagnosis in patients with infiltrative, diffuse or localized pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Suri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Kaushik
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001980:Bronchi; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male