The efficacy of liver biopsy under ultrasonographic guidance on an outpatient basis
| Autor: | Carolina Di Somma, Mario Visconti, Caterina Scelzi, Antonio Salvio, Stefano Spiezia, Francesco Giannattasio, Maria Varriale, A. P. Assanti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Acoustics and Ultrasonics General Chemical Engineering medicine.medical_treatment Bioengineering Bed rest Ambulatory Care Facilities Liver disease Ambulatory care Biopsy Ambulatory Care Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Ultrasonography Doppler Color Ultrasonography Interventional Hepatitis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Liver Diseases Mortality rate Biopsy Needle medicine.disease Surgery Liver Liver biopsy Inclusion and exclusion criteria business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Ultrasound. 15:127-131 |
| ISSN: | 0929-8266 |
| Popis: | Objective: To evaluate the safety and compliance of outpatient echo-guided liver biopsy (ELB) when compared to those performed on inpatients (IP). Methods: From June 1996 to November 2000, we carried out 418 ELB on patients with diffuse liver disease: 246 inpatients (IP ELB) and 172 in a Day Hospital setting (DH ELB). The same inclusion and exclusion criteria were followed for both groups of patients, performing the same echo-guided intercostal liver biopsy with free-hand technique and post biopsy assessment with colordoppler examination; post biopsy follow-up consisted of 6-h bed rest and blood pressure and heart rate monitoring up to discharge. DH patients were discharged 8 h after biopsy, if they did not live further than a 30-min trip from the hospital. In both groups, the following data was evaluated: death rate, sample adequacy, number of passages, major and minor complications, pain score. Results: The data analysed in our series show that ELB DH presents no fundamental differences in morbidity and mortality when compared to ELB IP. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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