Research Article
Delays in Diagnosis and Treatment in Patients Underwent Endobronchial Ultrasound-Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
Table 1
The characteristics of patients.
| | Variable | n (%) |
| | Age, mean ± SD (years) | 60.7 ± 12.1 | | Gender | | Female | 56 (41.8) | | Male | 78 (58.2) | | Smoking status | | Current smoker | 39 (29) | | Ex-smoker | 38 (28) | | Nonsmoker | 57 (43) | | Comorbidities | | Hypertension | 46 (34.3) | | Diabetes mellitus | 22 (16.4) | | COPD | 21 (15.7) | | CLD | 21 (15.7) | | Malign diseases | 18 (13.4) | | Chronic liver disease | 4 (3.0) | | CLF | 3 (2.2) | | Thyroid diseases | 3 (2.2) | | Rheumatic diseases | 3 (2.2) | | None | 42 (31.3) | | Charlson Comorbidity Index | | <3 | 40 (30) | | 3–6 | 62 (46) | | >6 | 32 (24) | | Lymph nodes by location, number | | 2R | 2 (0.9) | | 2L | 1 (0.5) | | 4R | 65 (8.30) | | 4L | 22 (4.10) | | 7 | 64 (3.30) | | 10R | 13 (2.6) | | 10L | 1 (0.5) | | 11R | 19 (9) | | 11L | 11 (2.5) | | 12R | 7 (3) | | 12L | 6 (2) | | Symptoms | | Cough | 58 (43.3) | | Shortness of breath | 44 (32.8) | | Chest pain | 31 (23.1) | | Sputum | 29 (21.6) | | Weight loss | 20 (14.9) | | Night sweats | 17 (12.7) | | Hemoptysis | 12 (9.0) | | Hoarseness | 7 (5.2) | | Weakness-fatigue | 6 (4.5) | | Difficulty swallowing | 1 (0.7) | | Asymptomatic | 25 (18.7) | | LN pathology | | Benign | 47 (35.1) | | Malignant | 57 (42.5) | | Nondiagnostic | 30 (22.4) |
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