TY - JOUR
T1 - An Overview of Percutaneous CT-Guided Lung Biopsies
AU - Lehmann, Sharon
AU - Frank, Nicholas
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Percutaneous computerized tomography-guided lung biopsy is a valuable tool in the evaluation of pulmonary lesions because it is minimally invasive and has a high degree of accuracy. However, this procedure is not without its risks, the most common of which is pneumothorax. This article includes an overview of preprocedure planning, contraindications, patient preparation, informed consent, patient positioning, sedation, breathing instructions, recovery after procedure, potential complication, and recovery at home.
AB - Percutaneous computerized tomography-guided lung biopsy is a valuable tool in the evaluation of pulmonary lesions because it is minimally invasive and has a high degree of accuracy. However, this procedure is not without its risks, the most common of which is pneumothorax. This article includes an overview of preprocedure planning, contraindications, patient preparation, informed consent, patient positioning, sedation, breathing instructions, recovery after procedure, potential complication, and recovery at home.
KW - CT-guided lung biopsy
KW - Core needle biopsy
KW - Nursing care
KW - Pulmonary lesion
KW - Transthoracic needle biopsy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jradnu.2017.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jradnu.2017.12.002
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85040364254
VL - 37
SP - 2
EP - 8
JO - Journal of Radiology Nursing
JF - Journal of Radiology Nursing
SN - 1546-0843
IS - 1
ER -