Outcome and Post-Surgical Lung Biopsy Change in Management of ARDS: A Proportional Prevalence Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited epidemiological data are available on changes in management, benefits, complications, and outcomes after open lung biopsy in patients with ARDS.

Methods

We performed a literature search of PubMed, Ovid, and Cochrane databases for articles from the inception of each database till November 2020 that provided outcomes of lung biopsy in ARDS patients. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients that had a change in management with alteration of treatment plan, after lung biopsy. Secondary outcomes included pathological diagnoses and complications related to the lung biopsy. Pooled proportions with a 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated for the prevalence of outcomes.

Results

After analysis of 22 articles from 1994 to 2018, a total of 851

SUBMITTER: Mir T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9717336 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature