Table 2. Multidisciplinary Meeting (MDM) diagnoses by biopsy technique.

MDM diagnostic	Conventional forceps N = 124	Cryoprobe N = 124
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	3 (2.4%)	10 (8.1%)
RB ILD-associated	4 (3.2%)	6 (4.8%)
Non-specific interstitial pneumonia	3 (2.4%)	5 (4.0%)
Organizing pneumonia	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.2%)
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis	3 (2.4%)	13 (10.5%)
Drug-induced pneumonitis	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.4%)
Lipoid pneumonia	-	2 (1.6%)
Connective tissue disease-associated ILD	-	2 (1.6%)
Sarcoidosis	4 (3.2%)	6 (4.8%)
Pulmonary amyloidosis	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)
Langerhans cell histiocytosis	-	1 (0.8%)
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis	-	1 (0.8%)
Lung neoplasm	3 (2.4%)	3 (2.4%)
Lymphoproliferative syndrome	-	1 (0.8%)
Total diagnoses	100 (80.6%)	65 (52.4%)
Total non-diagnoses	24 (19.4%)	59 (47.6%)
OR (Cryo/Conv)	3.7821
[95% CI]	[2.4546–5.8274]
P-value	<0.0001

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval (upper and lower limits in square brackets); RB, respiratory bronchiolitis; ILD, interstitial lung disease.