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Journal: 38

Tolerating the procedure well: bronchoscopy using patient-controlled sedation with propofol

Author: Megan Opatrny, MD
Reviewers: Max Wayne, MD & Sameer Kaushik Avasarala, MD
Posted: May 2023

Journal: 37

Intrapleural Fibrinolytic and Enzyme Therapy: Is the benefit worth the bleed?

Author: Jose Antony Paul
Reviewers: Jaskaran Sethi & John Egan
Posted: April 2023

Journal: 36

Could a specific ventilatory protocol reduce atelectasis during peripheral bronchoscopy?

Author: Kamel Gharaibeh
Reviewer: Van Holden
Posted March 2023

Journal: 35

Dual agent intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy (IPFT) for complicated pleural space infections (CPSI), does it compare to surgery?

Author: Damarys Hernandez
Reviewers: Sameer Avasarala & Jose De Cardenas
Posted: February 2023

Journal: 34

Confirmatory Mediastinoscopy after Negative Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Author: Stephen Russell
Reviewers: Abesh Niroula & Abhishek Kumar
Posted: January 2023

Journal: 33

Does systemic anticancer treatment result in resolution of malignant pleural effusion in patients with pharmacologically sensitive tumors?

Author: Van Holden
Reviewers: Yaron Gesthalter & Hatoon Abbas
Posted: December 2022

 Journal: 32

Probability of lung cancer in patients with incidentally detected pulmonary nodules

Author: Abesh Niroula
Reviewers: John Egan & Sisir Akinenni
Posted November 2022

Journal:31

When a Needle is All We Need: Ultrasound-guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy by Interventional Pulmonologists is Fast and Accurate

Author: Siddharthan Vaithilingam
Reviewers: Christian Ghattas & Abhishek Kumar
Posted October 2022

 

Journal:30

More than meets the culture: Using next generation sequencing to understand the bacteriology of pleural infection.

Author: Jeff Chambers
Reviewers: Sameer Avasarala & Jaskaran Sethi

Posted August 2022

Journal:29

Tracheostomy Timing and ICU Utilization: Means of Liberation or Marker of Dependence?

Author: John Howe
Reviewers: Jaskaran Sethi & Jose DeCardenas
Posted July 2022

Journal:28

Can the right pathway come at the correct cost?

Author: Ankish Ratwani
Reviewers: See Wei Low & Shalini Mehta

Posted June 2022

Journal:27

Small-bore pigtail catheters (PC) are as effective as large-bore surgical chest tubes (ST)in patients with traumatic hemothorax (HTX) and hemopneumothorax (HPTX)

Author: Momen Banifadel
Reviewers: Sameer Avasarala & Jose De Cardenas

Posted May 2022

 Journal: 26

EBUS-TBNA of the contralateral PET negative hilar N3 lymph node: Is the juice worth the squeeze?

Author: Huzaifah Salat
Reviewers: Shalini Mehta & Van Holden
Posted: April 2022

Journal: 25

Check and correct? Assessing the safety of thoracentesis or tube thoracostomy for patients with uncorrected bleeding tendencies

Author: Judd Heideman
Reviewers: See Wei Low & Shalini Mehta
Posted: March 2022
Journal 24:

 

Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Parenchymal Lesions

Author: Fahid Alghanim
Reviewers: See Wei Low & Sameer Avasarala
Posted: February 2022

Journal: 23

Randomized trial of indwelling pleural catheters for refractory transudative pleural effusions – REDUCE study

Author: Kayla Kolbe, University of Michigan
Reviewers: Van Holden and Jose De Cardenas
Posted: January 2022

Journal: 22

Poor Concordance between Sequential Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy and Surgical Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Diffuse Interstitial Lung DiseasesTo Cryo or Not to Cryo

 




Reviewer: Mohanad Saleh
Editors: Van Holden & Coral Giovacchini 
Posted: December 2021

Journal: 21

Topical mitomycin-C (MMC) in the treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS)

Reviewer: Karthik Vijayan
Editors: Alex Chee and Christian Ghattas
Posted: November 2021

Journal: 20

 What is the efficacy of MMC in the treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis?

Reviewer: Karthik Vijayan
Editors: Alex Chee and Christian Ghattas
Posted: April 2021

Journal 19: 

Improved diagnosed yield for lung nodules with digital tomosynthesis-corrected navigational bronchoscopy: Initial experience with a novel adjunct

Reviewer: Katrina Abril
Editors: Abdul Hamid Alraiyes & Vivek Murthy
Posted: March 2021

Journal 18: 

Conservative versus Interventional Treatment for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Reviewer: Mark Godfrey
Editors: Van Holden and Coral Giovacchini
Posted: January 2021

Journal 17: 

The Impact of Gravity vs Suction-driven Therapeutic Thoracentesis on Pressure-related Complications

Reviewer: Chrystal Chan
Editors:  Alex Chee and Christian Ghattas
Posted: December 2020
Journal 16: 

 

Quality Gaps and Comparative Effectiveness in Lung Cancer Staging and Diagnosis

Reviewer: Ngoc-Tram Ha
Editors: Van Holden & Vivek Murthy
Posted: November 2020

Journal 15: 

 Evidence for Expanding Invasive Mediastinal Staging for Peripheral T1 Lung Tumors

 

Reviewer: Avnee Kumar
Editors: Abdul Hamid Alraiyes & Jasleen Pannu
Posted: October 2020

Journal 14: 

Ambulatory management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: an open-label, randomized controlled trial

 

Reviewer: Enambir Josan
Editors: Christian Ghattas & Jose De Cardenas
Posted: August 2020
 

Journal 13: 

 Adequacy of Samples Obtained by Endobronchial Ultrasound with Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for Molecular Analysis in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Reviewer: Sammar Alsunaid
Editors: Van Holden & Vivek Murthy
Posted: July 2020
 

Journal 12: 

Diagnostic Accuracy of Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Lymphoma. A Systematic review and Meta Analysis

Reviewer: Sameer Avasarala
Editors: Christian Ghattas & Jasleen Pannu
Posted: June 2020

Journal 11:

Effect of Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage vs. Talc Slurry via Chest Tube on Pleurodesis Failure Rate Among Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusions. A Randomized Clinical Trial

Reviewer: See-Wei Low
Editors: George Cheng & Alex Chee
Posted: May 2020
 

Journal: 10

Coldice: How Do Cyrobiopsy and Surgical Biopsy Match Up for ILD Diagnosis?

Reviewer: Virgil Secasanu
Editors: Jose De Cardenas & Majid Shafiq
Posted: February 2020

Journal 9:

Development and validation of response markers to predict survival and pleurodesis success in patients with malignant pleural effusion (PROMISE): a multicohort analysis.

Reviewer: Majid Shafiq

Editors: Christian Ghattas & Vivek Murthy

Posted: January 2020

Journal 8: 

 A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Zephyr Endobronchial Valve Treatment in Heterogeneous Emphysema (LIBERATE).

Reviewer: Jose De Cardenas
Editors: Van Holden & Abdul Hamid Alraiyes

Posted: December 2019

Journal 7:

National Lung Screening Trial Research Team. Lung cancer incidence and mortality with extended follow-up in the National Lung Screening Trial.

Reviewer: Van Holden
Editors: George Cheng & Alex Chee
Posted: November 2019

Journal 6:

Indwelling Tunneled Pleural Catheters for Refractory Hepatic Hydrothorax in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Multicenter Study

Reviewer: Abdul Hamid Alraiyes
Editors: Christian Ghattas & Vivek Murthy
Posted: October 2019

Journal 5:

Outpatient Talc Administration by Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Malignant Effusion

Reviewer: George Cheng

Editors: Alex Chee & Jasleen Pannu

Posted: September 2019

Journal 4:

Effect of Routine Clopidogrel Use on Bleeding Complications After Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration

Reviewer: Alex Chee
Editors: George Cheng & Abdul Hamid Alraiyes
Posted: August 2019

Journal 3:

Aggressive versus symptom-guided drainage of malignant pleural effusion via indwelling pleural catheters (AMPLE-2): an open-label randomised trial

Reviewer: Jasleen Pannu
Editors: Vivek Murth & Abdul Hamid Alraiyes
Posted: July 2019

Journal 2:

Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions: One-Year Results of the Prospective, Multicenter NAVIGATE Study

Reviewer: Vivek Murthy
Editors: Christian Ghattas & George Cheng
Posted: June 2019

Journal 1:

A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Zephyr Endobronchial Valve Treatment in Heterogeneous Emphysema (TRANSFORM)

 

Reviewer: Christian Ghattas
Editors: Alex Chee & Jasleen Pannu

Posted: May 2019

 
Christian Ghattas

JOURNAL CLUB CHIEF EDITOR

Christian Ghattas, MD
The Ohio State University