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A variety of chest imaging techniques are now available for assessing patients with acute respiratory failure. This statement highlights characteristics, clinical indications and limitations of each technique as a guide for patient management. https://t.co/EoWHyMItgz
Xpert MTB/RIF has the potential to reduce the time to diagnose TB, with high accuracy, including paucibacillary disease. It is also feasible to detect rifampicin resistance, with a high concordance with phenotypic tests and whole-genome sequencing. https://t.co/idFjptAguS
New evidence links an atypical form of pulmonary fibrosis with digenic mutations in the genes for calcium binding proteins S100A3 and S100A13. This implicates calcium homeostasis in the aetiology and pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. https://t.co/2vV7hih4R9
Studies have identified three types of severe asthma: early onset atopic asthma, later onset less atopic asthma with frequent exacerbations and adult-onset eosinophilic onset less atopic asthma with frequent exacerbations and adult-onset eosinophilic https://t.co/O5c3vtKG3k
Pneumonia is common in hospitalised COPD patients but is frequently not recognised and underdiagnosed. This has implications for the correct risk stratification and treatment of COPD patients. https://t.co/NIM0OmecFF
Real-time lung cancer detection by endosonography-guided nCLE is feasible and safe. nCLE lung cancer characteristics are accurately recognised. nCLE might become a useful adjunct to bronchoscopy for real-time identification of lung tumours. https://t.co/nvJP77r8gX
This matched analysis compared VATS lobectomy with SBRT in patients aged ≥65 years with clinical stage I NSCLC. VATS lobectomy resulted in better overall survival, which is important in decision-making for elderly patients who can tolerate surgery. https://t.co/riPVEVmNpL