Respirology

Justin L Garner BSc, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, Pallav L Shah MD, MBBS, FERS, FRCP
10.1111/resp.14250

Kristin V Carson-Chahhoud MSPPM, PhD, Bruce R Thompson B.App.Sci, PhD, John W Upham MBBS, FRACP, PhD, on behalf of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
10.1111/resp.14244

Yoichi Nakanishi MD, PhD
10.1111/resp.14251

Reoto Takei, Kevin K Brown, Yasuhiko Yamano, Kensuke Kataoka, Toshiki Yokoyama, Toshiaki Matsuda, Tomoki Kimura, Atsushi Suzuki, Taiki Furukawa, Junya Fukuoka, Takeshi Johkoh, Yoshihito Goto, Yasuhiro Kondoh
10.1111/resp.14245

Progressive fibrosis complicates many forms of interstitial lung disease and data are limited on its prevalence and prognosis. In a real-world cohort, a progressive phenotype (i) occurred in more than 25% of those with non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), (ii) was an independent predictor of survival and (iii) showed an overall survival no different than IPF.

Malene Knarborg, Anders Løkke, Ole Hilberg, Rikke Ibsen, Melina Gade Sikjær
10.1111/resp.14234

In a cohort of 1869 cases and 7463 matched controls, we found a significant individual and societal burden of systemic sclerosis that is evident several years before and after the diagnosis. Total excess costs were highest in cases with concomitant interstitial lung disease, which underlines the severity of pulmonary involvement.

Horiana B Grosu, Ryan Kern, Fabien Maldonado, Roberto Casal, Clark R Andersen, Liang Li, Georgie Eapen, David Ost, Carlos Jimenez, Frangiskos Frangopoulos, Bruce Sabath, Erik Vakil, Audra Schwalk, Mathieu Marcoux, Ala Eddin Sagar, Faria Nasim, Julie Lin, Moiz Salahudin, Hasan Muhammad Arain, Laila Noor, Diana Montanez, John Stewart, John Mullon, Michalis Michael, Ilias Porfyridis
10.1111/resp.14232

Factors such as visual assessment, rapid on-site evaluation of touch preparation and computed tomography scan findings demonstrated excellent predictive accuracy for malignant pleural effusion (MPE) during pleuroscopy with biopsy for exudative cytology-negative pleural effusions. Immediate MPE diagnosis could prevent the need for a second thoracoscopy for pleurodesis.

Jiayuan Sun, Gerard J Criner, David Dibardino, Shiyue Li, Daniel Nader, Bing Lam, Lisa Kopas, Momen M Wahidi, Adnan Majid, Robert Marron, Steven Verga, Felix J F Herth
10.1111/resp.14224

Virtual bronchoscopic navigation with fused fluoroscopy and vessel mapping provides a point of entry (POE) for puncturing airway wall to biopsy lesions. In this study, biopsy yield of 75.4% and sampling yield of 93.9% were obtained independent of bronchus sign from 104 patients with 114 lesions via POE.

Daniel Niewodowski, David Langton
10.1111/resp.14248

Kohei Shikano MD, Seiichiro Sakao MD, PhD, Yosuke Inaba PhD, Toshibumi Taniguchi MD, PhD, Go Saito MD, Akira Naito MD, PhD, Mitsuhiro Abe MD, PhD, Hajime Kasai MD, PhD, Misuzu Yahaba MD, PhD, Takeshi Kawasaki MD, PhD, Ayako Shigeta MD, PhD, Jun Ikari MD, PhD, Toshihiko Sugiura MD, PhD, Yohei Kawasaki PhD, Hidetoshi Igari MD, PhD, Takuji Suzuki MD, PhD
10.1111/resp.14238

Pyng Lee MD, FRCP (UK), PhD, FCCP
10.1111/resp.14241

Series Editors: Natasha Smallwood and Fanny Wai San Ko

Mohammed S Al Harrasi MD, Nabil M Al Lawati MD
10.1111/resp.14255