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Table 8 Diagnostic Ability of Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Comparison With Previous Studies

From: The role of Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for qualitative diagnosis of mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy: a prospective analysis

%

Author

Year

N

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

Yasufuku [4]

2005

108

94.6

100

100

89.5

96.3

Vincent [12]

2008

152

95

100

100

97

98.7

Andrade [13]

2008

46

96.4

100

100

92.5

97.8

Our study

2009

101

95.08

100

100

93.02

97.02

  1. PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value