The Utility of Rapid On-Site Evaluation on Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Does It Make a Difference?

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left" rowspan="2">ROSE</td><td align="center" colspan="2">Final cytology</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center">Malignant</td><td align="center">Nonmalignant</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Positive for malignancy</td><td align="center">51</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Negative for malignancy</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">58</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total</td><td align="center">54</td><td align="center">58</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>Sensitivity: 51/54 × 100 = 94.44%.<br/>Specificity: 58/58 × 100 = 100%.<br/>Positive predictive value (PPV): 51/51 × 100 = 100%.<br/>Negative predictive value (NPV):  58/61 × 100 = 95%.<br/></td></tr></table>

ROSE and correlation to final cytology results.

Journal of Respiratory Medicine

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Table 3: The Utility of Rapid On-Site Evaluation on Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Does It Make a Difference? 