Literature Archives

Dynamic CT effectively differentiates TBM from EDAC based on cartilaginous versus membranous collapse patterns to guide targeted surgical or procedural management. The findings emphasize using these distinct imaging patterns to select appropriate interventions over general airway management.

The transition from early electromagnetic navigation to robotic platforms paired with real-time intraoperative imaging (CBCT) significantly improves diagnostic yield for peripheral nodules by enabling precise tool-in-lesion confirmation.

This individual participant data meta-analysis of 17 trials suggests HFNC is superior to conventional oxygen therapy for maintaining oxygenation during bronchoscopy.

Relevant for IP clinicians involved in the diagnostic workup and tissue acquisition for mesothelioma staging.

Highlights the collaborative landscape between interventional radiology and interventional pulmonology in thoracic oncology.

Relevant for IP clinicians involved in lung cancer screening programs and the management of screen-detected nodules.

While EBUS-TMC (RR 1.27, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.39) and EBUS-IFB may improve diagnostic yield over standard EBUS-TBNA—particularly in benign disease, sarcoidosis, and lymphoma—wide predictive intervals crossing unity mean these findings are hypothesis-generating and warrant caution in routine IP practice.

In clinically stable patients with adequate drainage and close supervision, a prolonged air leak in active cavitary tuberculosis can be managed conservatively rather than by duration alone, with the air leak ultimately resolving 61 days after hospital discharge.

Lung ultrasound proficiency is increasingly relevant for interventional pulmonologists managing pleural and parenchymal disease at the bedside.

Simultaneous sampling of multiple pulmonary nodules during one anesthesia event is feasible and safe, achieving a strict per-nodule diagnostic yield of 71.5% while providing adequate cellularity for next-generation sequencing in 82.6% of non-small cell lung cancer nodules.

The use of ultrasound to guide percutaneous thoracic procedures shows higher success and lower complication rates in the reviewed evidence, helping to improve safety, effectiveness, and reduce healthcare costs.

Clinicians should consider competing ventilatory limitations such as severe eosinophilic asthma when hypoxemia worsens despite successful hemodynamic improvement following balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients.