通常会推淋巴细胞扫描,但很少在"现实世界"中使用
Tina Moon1, Thomas F O'Donnell2, Derek Weycker3
1Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders
|December 16, 2023
概括
在美国,淋巴切片 (LSG) 很少用于诊断淋巴 (LED),尽管指南建议使用它. 这凸显了对淋巴结胀更简单的诊断工具的需求.
科学领域:
- 血管医学 血管医学
- 诊断成像 诊断成像 诊断成像
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
背景情况:
- 淋巴 (LED) 诊断缺乏标准化,非侵入性测试,与动脉或静脉疾病不同.
- 淋巴细胞切片 (LSG) 是指南推用于LED诊断,但事证据表明使用不频繁.
- 临床检查通常是诊断LED的主要方法.
研究的目的:
- 评估LSG在美国大量淋巴患者群体中的实际使用情况.
- 为了比较经过LSG和没有接受LSG的患者之间的人口形状,并发症和LED病因.
主要方法:
- 分析IBM MarketScan研究数据库 (2012年4月 - 2020年3月) 针对新的LED诊断的患者.
- 使用现行程序术语代码识别了LSG的使用,但不包括用于瘤手术的使用.
- 基于LSG利用的患者人口统计学,并发病症和LED病因的表征.
主要成果:
- 在57,674名确诊的LED患者中,只有2.5% (1429) 接受了LSG.
- 与非LSG组相比,LSG队列更年轻,有更多的女性,并较少的并发症 (糖尿病,心力衰竭,高血压,肥胖).
- 根据LED病因,LSG的使用有很大差异,在与黑色素瘤相关的LED (9.5%) 和与乳腺癌相关的LED (6.7%) 中最高,在与静脉疾病相关的LED (1.1%) 中最低.
结论:
- 尽管有指导方针建议,但LSG在美国诊断淋巴瘤方面发挥的作用很小.
- 不经常使用LSG强调了需要改进的,简单的淋巴的诊断测试.
- 目前的淋巴的诊断实践可能更多地依赖于临床评估,而不是推的成像.
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