The Diagnostic Yield of Site and Symptom-Based Biopsies for Acute Gastrointestinal Graft-Versus-Host Disease: A 5-Year Retrospective Review.

Daniel WildAnthony D SungDiana CardonaConstance CirricioneKeith SullivanClaire DetweilerMichael ShealyBryan BalmadridKrista L RowesNelson ChaoSadhna PiryaniHossein Mehdikhani KarimabadPaul MartinMartin Poleski

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2015)

In this large review, the overall sensitivity of biopsies taken during EGD and Flex-Sig was 76 and 72%, respectively. A symptom-driven biopsy approach was not clearly supported as upper tract and lower tract biopsies were similarly diagnostic for GVHD regardless of symptoms.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
liver failure
fine needle aspiration
respiratory failure
patient reported
allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
physical activity
sleep quality
acute myeloid leukemia
hepatitis b virus
acute respiratory distress syndrome
mechanical ventilation