Pulmonology - Diagnostic/Lung Function News & Articles

1 Current Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension American Journal of Roentgenology, May 23, 2012    Clinical Article

2 Spirometric Reference Values for an East-African Population Respiration, May 23, 2012

3 MDCT quantification is the dominant parameter in decision-making regarding chest tube drainage for stable patients with traumatic pneumothorax Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics , May 23, 2012

4 Reversed Halo Sign on Computed Tomography: State-of-the-Art Review Lung, May 22, 2012

5 Reduced-dose chest CT with 3D automatic exposure control vs. standard chest CT: Quantitative assessment of emphysematous changes in smokers lung parenchyma European Journal of Radiology, May 21, 2012

6 Performance of the new WHO diagnostic algorithm for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV prevalent settings: a multisite study in Uganda Tropical Medicine & International Health, May 21, 2012

7 Comparison of human lung tissue mass measurements from Ex Vivo lungs and high resolution CT software analysis Full Text BMC Pulmonary Medicine, May 21, 2012

8 Late Revelation of a Subphrenic Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration as a Suprarenal Mass Urology, May 21, 2012

9 The Efficacy of PET Staging for Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Cost Analysis in the Australian Setting Journal of Thoracic Oncology, May 21, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

10 Assessing health status in COPD. A head-to-head comparison between the COPD assessment test (CAT) and the clinical COPD questionnaire (CCQ) Full Text BMC Pulmonary Medicine, May 21, 2012

11 Tissue-Sparing Application of the Newly Proposed IASLC/ATS/ERS Classification of Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Shows Practical Diagnostic and Prognostic Impact American Journal of Clinical Pathology, May 21, 2012

12 A comparison of pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in water pipe and cigarette smokers Respirology, May 17, 2012

13 Is it useful to perform carbon monoxide diffusion capacity and respiratory muscle function tests in patients with multiple sclerosis without disability Respirology, May 17, 2012

14 Clinical data and CT findings of pulmonary infection caused by different pathogens after kidney transplantation European Journal of Radiology, May 17, 2012

15 Malignant primary chest wall neoplasms: a pictorial review of imaging findings Clinical Imaging, May 17, 2012

16 Pulmonary Function Predicting Confirmed Recovery from Lower Respiratory Symptoms in World Trade Center-Exposed Firefighters, 2001 - 2010 Chest, May 16, 2012

17 Imaging proliferation of 18F-FLT PET/CT correlated with the expression of microvessel density of tumour tissue in non-small-cell lung cancer European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, May 15, 2012

18 Image Analysis for Cystic Fibrosis: Computer-Assisted Airway Wall and Vessel Measurements from Low-Dose, Limited Scan Lung CT Images Journal of Digital Imaging, May 14, 2012

19 Quality Review: Fleischner Criteria Adherence by Radiologists in a Large Community Hospital Journal of the American College of Radiology, May 14, 2012

20 Computed tomography findings of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in scleroderma patients presenting with precapillary pulmonary hypertension Arthritis & Rheumatism, May 11, 2012

Effect of intersubject variability of extrathoracic morphometry, lung airways dimensions and respiratory parameters on particle deposition Journal of Thoracic Disease, 08/05/2011

1 The value of Positron Emission Tomography in Early Detection of Lung Cancer in high risk population: A systematic review The Clinical Respiratory Journal, April 18, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

2 Measurement of vibration-induced volumetric strain in the human lung Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, April 24, 2012

3 Diagnostic Evaluation of the Patient With Interstitial Lung Disease Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, March 2, 2012

4 Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis of Lung Lesions Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, April 10, 2012

5 Exercise stress echocardiography of the pulmonary circulation: limits of normal and gender differences Chest, April 30, 2012

6 Is elevated troponin associated with in-hospital mortality in emergency department patients admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease European Journal of Emergency Medicine, April 12, 2012

7 The impact of birth weight on peak lung function in young adults Chest, April 30, 2012

8 Outcomes and complications following medical thoracoscopy The Clinical Respiratory Journal, April 17, 2012

9 Quantitative pulmonary imaging using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging Respirology, April 16, 2012

10 Obstructive Fibrinous Tracheal Pseudomembrane Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, April 11, 2012

11 Volumetric optical frequency domain imaging of pulmonary pathology with precise correlation to histopathology Chest, April 4, 2012

12 Computerized tomographic quantification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as the principal determinant of frontal P vector The American Journal of Cardiology, April 9, 2012

13 Spirometry and forced oscillations in the detection of airway hyperreactivity in asthmatic children Pediatric Pulmonology, April 11, 2012

14 Value of Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, February 28, 2012

15 A Combined Pulmonary-Radiology Workshop for Visual Evaluation of COPD: Study Design, Chest CT Findings and Concordance with Quantitative Evaluation COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, April 6, 2012

16 Diagnostic yield and efficacy of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in mediastinal lymphadenopathy The Clinical Respiratory Journal, April 27, 2012

17 Long-term radiographic outcome of nodular bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, April 25, 2012

18 The Characteristics of FDG PET/CT Imaging in Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Sarcoma Clinical Nuclear Medicine , April 20, 2012

19 Influence of inspiration level on bronchial lumen measurements with computed tomography Respiratory Medicine, April 2, 2012

20 Regional Right Ventricular Strain Pattern in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism Echocardiography, March 7, 2012