Table 2.
Invasive examinations, CT-scans of thorax and lungs and other radiographic examinations of the chest performed 30 days prior to LCPP and during LCPP among the study population (n = 35,809) between year 2013–2016
| 30 days prior to LCPP |
During LCPP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKS codea | Examinations n |
Patients n (%)b |
Examinations n |
Patients n (%)b |
|
| CT-scans of thorax and lungs and other radiographic examinations of the chest | |||||
| CT-scans of thorax and lungs | UXCC00, UXCC75 | 9,478 | 9,150 (25.6) | 26,358 | 24,808 (69.3) |
| High resolution CT-scans of lungs | UXCC77 | 267 | 266 (0.7) | 514 | 511 (1.4) |
| Ultrasound of thorax | UXUC10, UXUC80E, UXUC, UXUC81 | 1,035 | 980 (2.7) | 547 | 535 (1.5) |
| X-ray of thorax | UXRC00, UXRC05 | 20,455 | 18,613 (52.0) | 10,250 | 8,893 (24.8) |
| PET-scan | WDTPSFAXX, WDLPSFAXX | 1,336 | 1,313 (3.7) | 9,319 | 9,207 (25.7) |
| Invasive examinations of thorax, lungs and chest | |||||
| Needle biopsy of lungs and pleura | KTGD00, KTGA10, KGAC00, KGAC01 | 41 | 40 (0.1) | 3,502 | 3,338 (9.3) |
| Bronchoscopic biopsy | KUGC15, KUGC18 | 76 | 75 (0.2) | 5,858 | 5,794 (16.2) |
| Bronchoscopy | UXUC62, KUGC12, KGCA98 | 85 | 83 (0.2) | 11,161 | 11,069 (30.9) |
| Other thoracoscopic procedures | KGAA31, KGAA96, KTGA30A, KTGA30, KGAA10 | 803 | 749 (2.1) | 2,015 | 1,931 (5.4) |
| Invasive examinations of other organs than thorax, lungs and chest | |||||
| Biopsy | KTPJ05, KTJJ00, KTGA00, KTHA10C, KTKA00, KTNE25A | 597 | 586 (1.6) | 1,560 | 1,530 (4.3) |
| Gastroscopy and colonoscopy | KUJC15, KUJF35, KUJD05, KUJF32, KUJD02, KJFA15 | 1,716 | 1,679 (4.7) | 418 | 410 (1.1) |
| Cystoscopy | KUKC02, KUDB02 |
495 | 480 (1.3) | 58 | 58 (0.2) |
| Otomicroscopy | KUDB22 | 134 | 132 (0.4) | 30 | 29 (0.1) |
| Rhinoscopy | KUDH02A | 110 | 103 (0.3) | 34 | 34 (0.1) |
| Laryngoscopy | KUDQ12 | 624 | 525 (1.5) | 180 | 172 (0.5) |
| Coronary arteriography via femoral artery | UXAC85A | 224 | 220 (0.6) | 52 | 52 (0.1) |
| Bone marrow aspiration: iliac crest | KTNE20A | 224 | 218 (0.6) | 53 | 53 (0.1) |
aSKS code: Codes from Sundhedsvæsenets Klassifikations System in Denmark (Classification System of the Healthcare System. Our translation).
bProportions of the total study population (n = 35,809).