Table 5.
—Patient and Clinical Characteristics by Escalation in Level of Care as a Result of Complication
| Variable | No Escalated Care (n = 1,303) | Escalated Care (n = 14) | P Valuea |
| Age | .04 | ||
| ≤ 70 y | 918 (99.4) | 6 (0.6) | |
| > 70 y | 385 (98) | 8 (2) | |
| Sex | 1.00 | ||
| Female | 625 (98.9) | 7 (1.1) | |
| Male | 678 (99) | 7 (1) | |
| Ethnicity | 1.00 | ||
| Nonwhite | 246 (99.2) | 2 (0.8) | |
| White | 1,057 (98.9) | 12 (1.1) | |
| ASA score | .59 | ||
| 1-2 | 493 (99.2) | 4 (0.8) | |
| 3-4 | 810 (98.8) | 10 (1.2) | |
| Zubrod score | .07 | ||
| 0-1 | 953 (99.3) | 7 (0.7) | |
| 2-4 | 350 (98.0) | 7 (2.0) | |
| Smoking status | .29 | ||
| ≤ 20 pack-y | 576 (99.3) | 4 (0.7) | |
| > 20 pack-y | 727 (98.6) | 10 (1.4) | |
| No. comorbidities | .07 | ||
| ≤ 2 | 1,155 (99.1) | 10 (0.9) | |
| > 2 | 148 (97.4) | 4 (2.6) | |
| Service | .074 | ||
| Outpatient | 1,212 (99.1) | 11 (0.9) | |
| Inpatient | 91 (96.8) | 3 (3.2) | |
| Transbronchial biopsy performed | .44 | ||
| No | 1,119 (99.0) | 11 (1.0) | |
| Yes | 184 (98.4) | 3 (1.6) | |
| Procedures performed | 1.00 | ||
| Only TBNA | 834 (98.9) | 9(1.1) | |
| Other | 469 (98.9) | 5(1.1) | |
| BAL performed | 1.00 | ||
| No | 1,039 (99) | 11(1) | |
| Yes | 264 (98.9) | 3(1.1) | |
| BAL volume instilled | .41 | ||
| ≤ 120 mL | 1,256 (99) | 13 (1) | |
| > 120 mL | 47 (97.9) | 1(2.1) | |
| Median lymph node size | .42 | ||
| > 10 mm | 742 (98.7) | 10(1.3) | |
| ≤ 10 mm | 561 (99.3%) | 4 (0.7) | |
| Anesthesia | .10 | ||
| Moderate sedation | 482 (99.6) | 2 (0.4) | |
| Deep sedation or general anesthesia | 821 (98.6) | 12 (1.4) | |
| Duration of bronchoscopy | .52 | ||
| ≤ 30 min | 282 (98.6) | 4 (1.4) | |
| > 30 min | 1,021 (99) | 10 (1) | |
| Duration of procedure | .79 | ||
| ≤ 60 min | 533 (99.1) | 5 (0.9) | |
| > 60 min | 770 (98.8) | 9 (1.2) |
Data are presented as No. (%). See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviations.
a
Fisher exact test.