Diagnostics

ATS Guideline: Outpatient Management of Pediatric Post-Prematurity Respiratory Disease

By

Brandon May

How should clinicians handle the outpatient management of infants, children, and adolescents with post-prematurity respiratory disease? A summary of updated recommendations from the American Thoracic Society offers guidance.

Diagnostic Strategy Can Rule Out PE in Pregnant Women

The diagnostic strategy includes clinical probability assessment, D-dimer, lower-limb compression ultrasound, and CT pulmonary angiography.

Diagnostic Yields of Bronchoscopy Techniques in Pulmonary Lesions

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Pulmonology Advisor Contributing Writer

Bronchoscopy and radial endobronchial ultrasound, with or without a thin scope, produced a poor diagnostic yield for clinicians when diagnosing pulmonary lesions.

FDA Authorizes Direct-to-Consumer Test to Detect COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV

By

Brian Park, PharmD

The test is the first non-prescription multi-analyte COVID-19 test that allows individuals to test nasal swab samples self-collected at home.

Hyperpolarized 129XeMRI Offers Detailed View of Valve Replacement Outcomes

By

Ellen Strenger

Can the hyperpolarized xenon-129 transfer contrast MRI, which details ventilation and gas exchange, help to characterize successful vs unsuccessful endobronchial valve placements?

New Case-Finding Questionnaire for Undiagnosed Asthma and COPD

By

Ron Goldberg

Investigators created and validated the Undiagnosed COPD and Asthma Population Questionnaire to overcome limitations of existing case-finding tools.

Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided TBNA Outcomes in Patients Aged 65 and Above

By

Sheila Jacobs

How do outcomes of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial fine needle aspiration differ in patients aged 65 or older vs those younger than 65?

Impaired Ventilatory Efficiency, Dyspnea, and Exercise Limitation in COPD

By

Pam Brick

The CanCOLD study assessed linkage between high VE/VCO2, dyspnea, and exercise capacity, as well as the link between high V̇E/V̇CO2 and lung function impairment.