Tag: CHEST

Thoracentesis can be accomplished by active aspiration or drainage with gravity. We investigated whether gravity drainage could protect against negative-pressure related complications, such as chest discomfort, re-expansion pulmonary edema or […]

Expertise in airway management is a vital skill for any provider caring for critically ill patients. A growing body of literature has identified the stark difference in peri-procedural outcomes of […]

Bronchial epithelial reticular basement membrane (RBM) thickening occurs in diseases with both eosinophilic [allergic bronchial asthma (AB)] and neutrophilic [cystic fibrosis (CF), primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)] chronic airway inflammation; however, […]

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An 82-year-old man presented with 6 months of difficulties of falling asleep. He described a feeling of fading breath culminating in breathing arrest when he becomes drowsy. These recurrent events prevented […]

A 34-year-old man with history of β-thalassemia major and splenectomy presented with a 1-month history of progressively worsening dyspnea, orthopnea, localized chest discomfort, and lower extremity edema. He denied fevers, […]

A 43-year-old woman with a medical history of cervical cancer treated with curative hysterectomy 12 years earlier developed progressive dyspnea, chest discomfort, and hoarse voice over a 7-month period. The […]

A 44-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and OSA reported progressively worsening dyspnea on exertion over a 6-week period. Outpatient CT angiogram revealed […]

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Adipokines have inflammatory and fibrotic properties that may be critical in interstitial lung disease (ILD). We examined associations of serum adipokine levels with computed tomography (CT)-based measures of subclinical ILD […]

and Purpose: The capability of bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary nodules (PPN) remains limited. Despite decades of effort, recent evidence suggests that the diagnostic accuracy for electromagnetic navigational […]

Interventional Pulmonology (IP) has evolved over the last decade from an obscure subspecialty in pulmonary medicine to a recognized discipline offering advanced consultative and procedural services to patients with thoracic […]

Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are modernizing medicine by affording greater patient engagement, monitoring, outreach, and healthcare delivery. The cardiopulmonary fields have led the integration of mHealth into clinical practice and […]

Pulmonary infections are important causes of global morbidity and mortality, but diagnostics are often limited by the ability to collect specimens easily, safely and in a cost-effective manner. We review […]

This review focuses on recent clinical and translational discoveries in severe and uncontrolled asthma that now enable phenotyping and personalized therapies in these patients. While asthma is common in both […]

Despite evidence that low osmolar radiocontrast media is not associated with acute kidney injury, it is important to evaluate this association in critically ill patients with normal kidney function.This was […]

Destombes-Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare multisystemic histiocytosis. Pulmonary involvement during RDD is poorly described. Here, we aimed to examine the clinical features, radiological features, and outcomes of 15 patients […]

While there is ongoing debate about the impact of early postnatal exposure to antibiotics on the development of asthma, the possibility that antibiotic exposure may impair lung function has not […]

Although blood cultures (BCs) are the gold standard for detecting bacteremia, the utility of BCs in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is controversial. This study describes the proportion of patients […]

Peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheter insertion is the most commonly performed procedure in hospitals. Multiple patient factors can make PIV insertion challenging, and ultrasound guidance has been demonstrated to improve the […]

Abstract: Constrained by a limited supply of specialized personnel, health systems face a challenge in caring for the large number of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The complexity of […]

Abstract: Arterial catheterization is frequently performed in intensive care units to facilitate hemodynamic monitoring and frequent blood sampling. Overall, arterial catheterization has high success and low complication rates, but in […]

Abstract: Critically ill patients who develop the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have substantial associated morbidity and mortality. Circulating mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) released during critical illness causes endothelial dysfunction and […]

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Abstract: Loss of asthma control and asthma exacerbations are associated with increased sputum eosinophil counts. Yet, whether eosinophils, or indeed the also present neutrophils, actively contribute to the accompanying inflammation […]

Abstract: Pleural biopsy using either video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or medical pleuroscopy is the current diagnostic gold standard for pleural pathology with a high, yet imperfect, diagnostic yield. Cryobiopsy may provide […]