Associations of prior pulmonary tuberculosis with the incident COPD: a prospective cohort study
CONCLUSION: A history of PTB is an important independent risk factor for COPD. Clinical staff should be aware of this risk factor in patients with prior PTB, particularly in countries or regions with high burdens of PTB.PMID:38529640 | PMC:PMC10966999 | DOI:10.1177/17534666241239455 (Source: Respiratory Care)
Source: Respiratory Care - March 26, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Zhilin Zeng Huilong Chen Zhonghe Shao Yunlong Guan Yuan Zhan Xi Cao Si Li Xingjie Hao Source Type: research

Pleural fluid characteristics of patients with COVID-19 infection
CONCLUSION: We demonstrate that 68.5% of pleural effusions in patients with COVID-19 infection were exudative and hypothesize that COVID-19-associated pleural effusions are likely to be exudative with WBC differential more likely to be predominantly lymphocytic.PMID:38529671 | PMC:PMC10964174 | DOI:10.1111/crj.13744 (Source: Respiratory Care)
Source: Respiratory Care - March 26, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ryan A Denu Victoria Forth Majid Shafiq Source Type: research

Value of rapid on-site evaluation combined with interventional pulmonology techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis
CONCLUSION: ROSE has commendable accuracy and timeliness, and CT-PNB offers further advantages in this regard. ROSE enhances the diagnostic efficiency of EBUS-TBLB for PC and is safe and effective.PMID:38529683 | PMC:PMC10964173 | DOI:10.1111/crj.13746 (Source: Respiratory Care)
Source: Respiratory Care - March 26, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jiaqi Cao Rong Zhou Qian He Ming Zhang Chunlai Feng Source Type: research

Diffuse Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia with Parietal Pleural Involvement
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202307-1188IM. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38530087 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202307-1188IM (Source: Respiratory Care)
Source: Respiratory Care - March 26, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Alexandre Sayadi Marie-Pierre Debray Pierre Mordant Clairelyne Dupin Alice Guyard Source Type: research

Vitamin E Acetate is Associated with Select Proinflammatory Cytokines: An Analysis of a 2020-2022 Cohort of EVALI Patients
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202311-2155LE. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38530102 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202311-2155LE (Source: Respiratory Care)
Source: Respiratory Care - March 26, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sean J Callahan Emily Beck Denitza Blagev Dixie Harris Michael Lanspa Samuel Brown Christopher A Reilly Robert Paine Iii Kristi J Warren Source Type: research