Image-Guided Nontargeted Renal Biopsies Performed by Radiology-Trained Nurse Practitioners: A Safe Practice Model

J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Jul;13(7):819-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2015.09.037. Epub 2015 Nov 2.
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MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Georgia / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Image-Guided Biopsy / statistics & numerical data*
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney / pathology*
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Kidney Diseases / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nurse Practitioners / statistics & numerical data*
  • Patient Safety / statistics & numerical data
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
  • Practice Patterns, Nurses' / statistics & numerical data
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data
  • Prevalence
  • Radiography, Interventional / statistics & numerical data*
  • Radiologists / statistics & numerical data
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Factors
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / statistics & numerical data