2019
Improved Diagnostic Yield and Specimen Quality With Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Forceps Biopsies: A Retrospective Analysis
Ray AS, Li C, Murphy TE, Cai G, Araujo KLB, Bramley K, DeBiasi EM, Pisani MA, Cortopassi IO, Puchalski JT. Improved Diagnostic Yield and Specimen Quality With Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Forceps Biopsies: A Retrospective Analysis. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 109: 894-901. PMID: 31593653, PMCID: PMC9376016, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard of careTransbronchial needle aspirationDiagnostic yieldHilar lymphadenopathyEndobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspirationMediastinal/hilar lymphadenopathySolid organ malignanciesHigh diagnostic yieldGood tissue qualitySpecimen qualityForceps biopsyEBUS-TBNAParenchymal findingsPreprocedural imagingEndobronchial ultrasoundNeedle aspirationRetrospective analysisLymphadenopathyDiagnostic criteriaPatient basisDisease processTissue acquisitionPatientsClinical scenariosSarcoidosis
2018
A 67-Year-Old Woman With a “Shrunken” Left Lung and Recurrent Pneumonia
DiBardino DM, Bramley K, Haas A. A 67-Year-Old Woman With a “Shrunken” Left Lung and Recurrent Pneumonia. CHEST Journal 2018, 154: e49-e53. PMID: 30080524, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAirway ObstructionBronchoscopyDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansPneumoniaStentsThoracic InjuriesTomography, X-Ray ComputedWounds, Nonpenetrating