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  • Pulmonology
  • Radiology
  • Medical Economics

Background:

  • Chest radiography is standard after endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EBUS-FNA) to detect pneumothorax.
  • The established rate of postprocedure pneumothorax is low, questioning the necessity of routine imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if routine chest radiography can be safely omitted after EBUS-FNA.
  • To assess the potential cost savings associated with eliminating routine post-procedure chest radiography.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 757 patients undergoing EBUS-FNA between January 2017 and December 2018.
  • Comparison of outcomes between patients who did and did not receive routine postprocedure chest radiography.
  • Univariate regression analysis to identify predictive factors for pneumothorax.

Main Results:

  • Only 1.5% of patients developed pneumothorax; 0.1% had symptomatic pneumothorax.
  • No clinically evident pneumothorax occurred in the 209 patients who did not undergo routine chest radiography.
  • Eliminating routine radiography could save an estimated $33,950.

Conclusions:

  • The extremely low incidence of pneumothorax makes routine chest radiography after EBUS-FNA statistically uninformative.
  • Omission of routine chest radiography post-EBUS-FNA is likely safe and offers significant cost benefits.