The development of bronchoscopy in China: a national cross-sectional study

Autor: Haidong Huang, Savas Petanidis, Kaicheng Wang, Dongchen Shi, Ioannis Boukovinas, Qiang Li, Tatjana Sarcev, Stylianos Kakolyris, Lutz Freitag, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Fuqi Li, Paul Zarogoulidis, Changhui Wang, Eleni-Isidora Perdikouri, Chengping Hu, Sofia Baka, Hui Shi, J. Francis Turner, Konstantinos Drevelegas, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Tomi Kovacevic, Christoforos Kosmidis, Anastasios Vagionas, Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, Yunye Ning, Yuchao Dong, Zhenli Hu, Bojan Zaric, Chen Kong, Faguang Jin, Chong Bai
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Cancer
ISSN: 1837-9664
Popis: Objective: To investigate the development of bronchoscopy in China and compare it with its application in the early 21st century. Methods: The data collection was based on questionnaires. Three hundred and nineteen hospitals, which distributed across 30 provinces and 130 cities, were included in the study. Data about the application of bronchoscopy in Shanghai and Hunan province in the early 21st century are also involved for comparison. Results: The median period of performing diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy was 19.7±11.0 and 7.4±7.0 years, respectively. On average, about 155.2 cases and 28.4 cases received diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy in each hospital per month. The average area and number of the examination room was 122.7m2 and 2.2m2, respectively. More examination items were performed in specialty hospitals than those in general hospitals (P0.05). On the other side, the whole amount of diagnosis and therapeutic items in teaching hospitals was slightly higher than that in non-teaching hospitals (P
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