Predicting malignant pleural effusion during diagnostic pleuroscopy with biopsy: A prospective multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Pleuroscopy with pleural biopsy has a high sensitivity for malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Because MPEs tend to recur, concurrent diagnosis and treatment of MPE during pleuroscopy is desired. However, proceeding directly to treatment at the time of pleuroscopy requires confidence in the on-site diagnosis. The study's primary objective was to create a predictive model to estimate the probability of MPE during pleuroscopy.

Methods

A prospective observational multicentre cohort study of consecutive patients undergoing pleuroscopy was conducted. We used a logistic regression model to evaluate the probability of MPE with relation to visual assessment, rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) of touch preparation and presence of pleural nodules/masses on computed

SUBMITTER: Grosu HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12021258 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature