Raed Alalawi

Clinical Professor University of Arizona COM Phoenix. PCCM fellowship program director. Interventional pulmonologist. Opinions are my own.

[Otis B Rickman, DO @OtisBRickman]

To follow up since #VERITAS results have been presented and published in abstract. Navigational #bronchoscopy with the #illumisite system was non-inferior to CT guided TTNA in a multi center RCT for diagnosis of lung nodules and had a much lower complications rate. First time these have been studied in randomized fashion.

Between 8/2021 and 6/2023, 258 patients at seven U.S. sites were randomized and 234 underwent biopsy procedures (Figure 1). Median nodule size was 15 mm (IQR 12-19); 88% (n=205) were in the peripheral third, 82% (n=193) were solid, and 33% (n=78) exhibited a bronchus sign. The primary outcome of diagnostic accuracy wi l be available Summer 2024. Per impending ATS consensus statement, diagnostic yield wi l be the recommended primary endpoint for diagnostic bronchoscopy studies. Accordingly, diagnostic yield, available now, is described below along with safety. NB was diagnostic in 92 of 121 patients (76%) while CT-TTNB was diagnostic in 86 of 113 (76%). The probability that NB was noninferior to CT-TTNB is 97%, exceeding the noninferiority threshold. Complications occurred in 31% of CT-TTNB (n=35) and 5.8% of NB procedures (n=7) (p<0.001). These included PTX requiring tube thoracostomy (8.8%, n=10 vs 0.8%, n=1), PTX not requiring thoracostomy (19.5%, n=22, vs. 2.5%, n=3), and hemorrhage (2.7%, n=3, vs. 0).

Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024;209:A6665

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@DrMeganConroy @AvrahamCooperMD @OgakeSB @joshenglert_md @jennifer_jwm Congratulations @DrMeganConroy !!

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@bseidesMD @JScottFerguson @NM_Lung Congratulations!!

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@criticalMD @UCSDHealth @ucsdpccm @HarvardIP @AAB_IP @accpchest @ATS_AII Congratulations!!

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Excited to welcome this amazing group of fellows to our program in 2022.@GlassbeMK @uaphxpccm @UAzMedPhxChair @APCCMPD

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@ssjaroudi @BCM_Lung @BCM_InternalMed Congratulations!

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@palo_sanchez Congratulations!!

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@dfellerk Congratulations David!

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@ssjaroudi Congratulations Sarah! This is awesome!

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@jhorowitzMD @jennifer_jwm @OSUWexMed @DeanBradfordMD @OSUPCCM_Fellows @drhpaz Congratulations Jenn, incredibly well-deserved!

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@jhorowitzMD @pastisn @OSUWexMed @aerevelo @chghattas @PannuJasleen That’s awesome! Congratulations Nick!

[Başak Çoruh @basakcoruhUW]

Congrats to the @APCCMPD 2021 awardees!

⭐️Outstanding Educator: Dr. Doreen Addrizzo-Harris of @NYULangonePCCSM
⭐️Mid-Career Educator: Dr. @MikeMcCurdyMD of @UMdPCCM
⭐️Emerging Educators: Drs. @AKBradyMD of @OHSUPulmCCM and @SKassutto of @PennPulmonary

#APCCMPD2021

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@redraiderpulmcc @palo_sanchez Congratulations!

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@redraiderpulmcc @EbtesamMd @TTUHSC @XimenaSolisMD Congratulations @EbtesamMd!

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Proud to introduce our incoming @uaphxpccm 2021-2022 PCCM fellows! @GlassbeMK @UAzMedPhxChair

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@aggie07girl @UTSWNews @accpchest Congratulations! Good luck!

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@aggie07girl @accpchest That’s awesome! Congratulations!

[Momen Wahidi, MD, MBA @Int_Pulmonology]

On the eve of our virtual national meeting @AAB_IP, I want to salute all interventional pulmonologists and bronchoscopists for:
-Continuing to do aerosol generating procedures during COVID
-Caring for cancer patients
-Opening those critically narrowed airways

See you tomorrow!

[Raed Alalawi @ralalawi]

@ktfitt87 @CHESTCritCare @NidaQadirMD @sqsimp @KellyCawcuttMD @crit_caring_MD We were using Solumedrol 40mg bid for 5-7 days. #chestchat

[Raed Alalawi @ralalawi]

@OtisBRickman Happy anniversary and many more to come! Best tweet of the day!