Effects of Antithrombotic Treatment on Bleeding Complications of EBUS-TBNA

<i>Background and Objectives:</i> The application of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has been markedly increased over the past decade. EBUS-TBNA is known to be a very safe and accurate procedure; however, the incidence of bleeding complication...

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Main Authors: Hyun-Il Gil, Ryoung-Eun Ko, Kyungjong Lee, Sang-Won Um, Hojoong Kim, Byeong-Ho Jeong
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Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/57/2/142
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author Hyun-Il Gil
Ryoung-Eun Ko
Kyungjong Lee
Sang-Won Um
Hojoong Kim
Byeong-Ho Jeong
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Ryoung-Eun Ko
Kyungjong Lee
Sang-Won Um
Hojoong Kim
Byeong-Ho Jeong
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description <i>Background and Objectives:</i> The application of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has been markedly increased over the past decade. EBUS-TBNA is known to be a very safe and accurate procedure; however, the incidence of bleeding complications in patients who are taking antithrombotic agents (ATAs) is not well established. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> We conducted a retrospective analysis of a prospectively registered EBUS-TBNA cohort in a single tertiary hospital from May 2009 to December 2016. The patients were divided into two groups: an insufficient discontinuation group, defined as having a prescription for ATAs on the procedure day or only interrupting them for a short period of time, and a sufficient discontinuation group, defined as having prescription for ATAs during 30 days prior to the procedure and interrupting them for a sufficient period of time. <i>Results:</i> During the study period, a total of 4271 patients, after excluding 3773 patients who did not take ATAs at all, 498 patients were classified into the insufficient discontinuation group (<i>n</i> = 102) and the sufficient discontinuation group (<i>n</i> = 396). The baseline characteristics of patients and examined lesions between two groups were not significantly different, except insufficient discontinuation group had longer prothrombin times than the sufficient discontinuation group. In the insufficient discontinuation group, the most common reasons for prescriptions of ATAs were ischemic heart disease (48.0%) and cerebral vascular disease (28.4%), and half of the patients were taking two or more ATAs. Eventually, only one bleeding complication in the insufficient discontinuation group (1/102, 1.0%) and one event in the sufficient discontinuation group (1/396, 0.3%) occurred (<i>p</i> = 0.368). <i>Conclusions:</i> EBUS-TBNA is considered a safe procedure in terms of bleeding complications, even in patients with insufficient stopping of ATAs.
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spelling doaj.art-600b4e4784154ea59aab7f3d15b6f41b2023-09-02T05:30:27ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X2021-02-015714214210.3390/medicina57020142Effects of Antithrombotic Treatment on Bleeding Complications of EBUS-TBNAHyun-Il Gil0Ryoung-Eun Ko1Kyungjong Lee2Sang-Won Um3Hojoong Kim4Byeong-Ho Jeong5Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 03181, KoreaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, KoreaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, KoreaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, KoreaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, KoreaDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, Korea<i>Background and Objectives:</i> The application of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has been markedly increased over the past decade. EBUS-TBNA is known to be a very safe and accurate procedure; however, the incidence of bleeding complications in patients who are taking antithrombotic agents (ATAs) is not well established. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> We conducted a retrospective analysis of a prospectively registered EBUS-TBNA cohort in a single tertiary hospital from May 2009 to December 2016. The patients were divided into two groups: an insufficient discontinuation group, defined as having a prescription for ATAs on the procedure day or only interrupting them for a short period of time, and a sufficient discontinuation group, defined as having prescription for ATAs during 30 days prior to the procedure and interrupting them for a sufficient period of time. <i>Results:</i> During the study period, a total of 4271 patients, after excluding 3773 patients who did not take ATAs at all, 498 patients were classified into the insufficient discontinuation group (<i>n</i> = 102) and the sufficient discontinuation group (<i>n</i> = 396). The baseline characteristics of patients and examined lesions between two groups were not significantly different, except insufficient discontinuation group had longer prothrombin times than the sufficient discontinuation group. In the insufficient discontinuation group, the most common reasons for prescriptions of ATAs were ischemic heart disease (48.0%) and cerebral vascular disease (28.4%), and half of the patients were taking two or more ATAs. Eventually, only one bleeding complication in the insufficient discontinuation group (1/102, 1.0%) and one event in the sufficient discontinuation group (1/396, 0.3%) occurred (<i>p</i> = 0.368). <i>Conclusions:</i> EBUS-TBNA is considered a safe procedure in terms of bleeding complications, even in patients with insufficient stopping of ATAs.https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/57/2/142endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)antithrombotic agentantiplatelet druganticoagulant agentbleedingcomplication
spellingShingle Hyun-Il Gil
Ryoung-Eun Ko
Kyungjong Lee
Sang-Won Um
Hojoong Kim
Byeong-Ho Jeong
Effects of Antithrombotic Treatment on Bleeding Complications of EBUS-TBNA
Medicina
endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
antithrombotic agent
antiplatelet drug
anticoagulant agent
bleeding
complication
title Effects of Antithrombotic Treatment on Bleeding Complications of EBUS-TBNA
title_full Effects of Antithrombotic Treatment on Bleeding Complications of EBUS-TBNA
title_fullStr Effects of Antithrombotic Treatment on Bleeding Complications of EBUS-TBNA
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Antithrombotic Treatment on Bleeding Complications of EBUS-TBNA
title_short Effects of Antithrombotic Treatment on Bleeding Complications of EBUS-TBNA
title_sort effects of antithrombotic treatment on bleeding complications of ebus tbna
topic endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
antithrombotic agent
antiplatelet drug
anticoagulant agent
bleeding
complication
url https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/57/2/142
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