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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration using the bronchial ultrasound scope (EUS-B-FNA) for diagnosing pancreatic metastasis in a lung cancer patient case report. 使用支气管超声内窥镜进行内窥镜超声引导细针穿刺术(EUS-B-FNA)诊断肺癌患者胰腺转移的病例报告。
IF 1.9
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-25 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2294545
Abdul Khaliq Ahmad, Arman Arshad, Christian B Laursen, Vasiliki Panou
{"title":"Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration using the bronchial ultrasound scope (EUS-B-FNA) for diagnosing pancreatic metastasis in a lung cancer patient case report.","authors":"Abdul Khaliq Ahmad, Arman Arshad, Christian B Laursen, Vasiliki Panou","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2294545","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2294545","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) of the pancreas is performed routinely in many endoscopic centers as part of the diagnostic set-up for suspected pancreatic cancer. The use of transesophageal bronchoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-B-FNA) by pulmonologists has expanded significantly, since it enables effective diagnosis of lesions in the mediastinum and upper abdomen. The following case demonstrates the safety and feasibility of EUS-B-FNA in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cancer and a pancreatic mass of unknown origin. A patient who was previously diagnosed with NSCLC was referred to the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital due to suspected recurrence of NSCLC. The patient underwent endobronchial ultrasound guided (EBUS)-FNA from several suspected mediastinal lymph nodes and combined EUS-B-FNA from a pancreatic mass during the same procedure. Pathology results from the pancreatic mass and from the mediastinal lymph nodes showed squamous-cell carcinoma, metastasis from the previous NSCLC. We here by demonstrated that EUS-B-FNA is a feasible and safe technique to obtain tissue samples from pancreatic lesions in patients under investigation for lung cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"11 1","pages":"2294545"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10763869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139097625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A five-gene qPCR signature can classify type 2 asthma comparably to microscopy of induced sputum from severe asthma patients 五基因 qPCR 特征可对 2 型哮喘进行分类,与重症哮喘患者诱导痰的显微镜检查结果相当
IF 1.9
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2293318
B. Toennesen, J. M. Schmid, B. S. Sørensen, M. Fricker, H. J. Hoffmann
{"title":"A five-gene qPCR signature can classify type 2 asthma comparably to microscopy of induced sputum from severe asthma patients","authors":"B. Toennesen, J. M. Schmid, B. S. Sørensen, M. Fricker, H. J. Hoffmann","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2293318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2293318","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138951701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prevalence of laryngotracheal lesions in tracheostomized COVID-19 patients. A comparison with a matched historical control group of non-COVID-19 patients 气管造口术 COVID-19 患者的喉气管病变发生率。与非 COVID-19 患者的匹配历史对照组进行比较
IF 1.9
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-02 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2283265
Juan Manuel Carballo, Antonela Vicente, Ladislao Diaz Ballve, María Paula Pedace, P. Tocalini, Eliana Pérez Calvo, Karen Torres, Fernando Planells, Dario Villalba
{"title":"Prevalence of laryngotracheal lesions in tracheostomized COVID-19 patients. A comparison with a matched historical control group of non-COVID-19 patients","authors":"Juan Manuel Carballo, Antonela Vicente, Ladislao Diaz Ballve, María Paula Pedace, P. Tocalini, Eliana Pérez Calvo, Karen Torres, Fernando Planells, Dario Villalba","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2283265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2283265","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"52 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138606558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Agreement between reported questionnaire data and medical records on diagnosis and COVID-19 symptoms at onset 所报告的问卷数据与医疗记录中的诊断和 COVID-19 发病症状之间的一致性
IF 1.9
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-18 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2282251
M. Kisiel, Claes Kock, Josef Sultan, Helena Janols, Christer Janson, Ronnie Pingel
{"title":"Agreement between reported questionnaire data and medical records on diagnosis and COVID-19 symptoms at onset","authors":"M. Kisiel, Claes Kock, Josef Sultan, Helena Janols, Christer Janson, Ronnie Pingel","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2282251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2282251","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess whether there was agreement between self-reported data in a survey and medical records regarding diagnoses and symptoms at COVID-19 onset. The impact of sociodemographic factors on agreement between the two data sources was also assessed. Cross-sectional data were extracted from a Swedish longitudinal cohort study. In total, 401 non-hospitalized patients with a polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection responded to a survey and agreed to a review of their electronic medical records. Agreement, estimated using the kappa statistic, sensitivity, and specificity were calculated for nine diagnoses and eleven symptoms. Differences between subgroups based on sociodemographic factors were assessed. The agreement between the self-reported data and medical records was at a substantial to moderate level for diagnoses such as diabetes mellitus (kappa 0.65, sensitivity 86%) and hypertension (kappa 0.59, sensitivity 56%) and at a fair level for more difficult-to-define conditions such as ongoing immunosuppressive treatment (kappa 0.27, sensitivity 25%). The agreement between the two data sources on symptoms was between fair and poor (kappa 0.36 for fever; kappa 0.05 for fatigue). Agreement for some diagnoses and symptoms varied across some sociodemographic subgroups, e.g. agreement in diabetes mellitus was significantly better in males (kappa 1.0) than females (kappa 0.52, homogeneity tests p = 0.02). In general, kappa values were lower for symptoms than diagnoses. The agreement between the two sources varied with diagnoses and symptoms and was also influenced by sociodemographic factors. This study illustrates that it is important to consider type of data used in the epidemiological studies as different information sources differ with quality and accuracy.","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"57 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139262210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction of a systematic examination framework for chronic cough: a before-after cohort study in a clinical setting. 慢性咳嗽系统检查框架的引入:临床环境中的前后队列研究。
IF 1.9
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-31 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2273026
Allan Klitgaard, Anders Løkke, Jannie Frølund, Steffen Kristensen, Ole Hilberg
{"title":"Introduction of a systematic examination framework for chronic cough: a before-after cohort study in a clinical setting.","authors":"Allan Klitgaard,&nbsp;Anders Løkke,&nbsp;Jannie Frølund,&nbsp;Steffen Kristensen,&nbsp;Ole Hilberg","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2273026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2273026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cough is a condition that can be caused by several different mechanisms. There are numerous guidelines for diagnosing the cause of cough, yet the effect of a well-constructed examination framework has not been investigated. At the Department of Internal Medicine, Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, a systematic examination framework for diagnosing cough was introduced. Two hundred consecutive patients referred to the pulmonary outpatient clinic with cough were included. The first 100 patients (Group 1) were included before implementation of the examination framework and diagnosed as usual. The next 100 patients (Group 2) were examined using the systematic framework. The primary endpoint was the number of appointments required to establish a diagnosis. A multivariable Poisson regression was performed, adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, pulmonary function (FEV1/FVC), duration of cough, and smoking status. A diagnosis was established within 1-2 visits in 47% in Group 1 compared to 83% in Group 2. When adjusting for confounders, fewer appointments was required to establish a diagnosis in Group 2 (Incidence rate ratio = 0.713 (95% confidence interval: 0.592-0.859), <i>P</i> = 0.000). Using a systematic examination framework for diagnosing cough may reduce the number of appointments required to establish a diagnosis, seemingly without compromising the diagnostic outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"2273026"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10621243/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71479551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Age at asthma diagnosis and onset of symptoms among adults with allergic and non-allergic asthma. 成人过敏性和非过敏性哮喘的哮喘诊断年龄和症状发作。
IF 1.9
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-18 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2269653
Johanna Pakkasela, Petri Salmela, Pekka Juntunen, Jussi Karjalainen, Lauri Lehtimäki
{"title":"Age at asthma diagnosis and onset of symptoms among adults with allergic and non-allergic asthma.","authors":"Johanna Pakkasela,&nbsp;Petri Salmela,&nbsp;Pekka Juntunen,&nbsp;Jussi Karjalainen,&nbsp;Lauri Lehtimäki","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2269653","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2269653","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Childhood-onset allergic asthma is the best-known phenotype of asthma. Adult-onset asthma, also an important entity, is instead often shown to be more non-allergic. There is still a lack of studies concerning the association of allergies and age at asthma onset from childhood to late adulthood. The aim of the study was to assess the age at onset of asthma symptoms and age at asthma diagnosis among adults with allergic and non-allergic asthma.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Questionnaires were sent to 2000 randomly selected Finnish adults aged 18-80 years who were dispensed medication for obstructive airway diseases during the previous year. The corrected sample size was 1978 subjects after exclusion of non-analysable data. The response rate was 40.6%. Self-reported doctor-diagnosed asthma was considered allergic if a concomitant self-reported doctor-diagnosed pollen and/or animal allergy was reported with asthma symptoms upon allergen exposure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 496 participants with asthma, 42.7% were considered to have allergic asthma. The median ages at asthma diagnosis and onset of asthma symptoms were 31 (IQR 17-46) and 20 (9.25-40) years in participants with allergic asthma and 49 (37.75-58) and 40.5 (30-50) years in participants with non-allergic asthma (<i>p</i> < 0.001), respectively. Of the participants with asthma diagnosed at ≥30 years of age, 18% of allergic and 7% of non-allergic participants reported having had asthma symptoms under 20 years of age.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both the onset of symptoms and diagnosis occurred at a younger age among adults with allergic asthma than among those with non-allergic asthma. Only a minority of adults with non-allergic asthma had already had symptoms in younghood.</p>","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"2269653"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/94/90/ZECR_10_2269653.PMC10586087.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49689371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Thoracic ultrasonographic and clinical findings at 12-month follow-up of patients admitted with COVID-19. 新冠肺炎患者12个月随访时的胸部超声和临床表现。
IF 1.8
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-24 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2257992
Casper Falster, Amanda Juul, Niels Jacobsen, Inge Raadal Skov, Line Dahlerup Rasmussen, Lone Wulff Madsen, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Stefan Markus Walbom Harders Harders, Jesper Rømhild Davidsen, Christian B Laursen
{"title":"Thoracic ultrasonographic and clinical findings at 12-month follow-up of patients admitted with COVID-19.","authors":"Casper Falster, Amanda Juul, Niels Jacobsen, Inge Raadal Skov, Line Dahlerup Rasmussen, Lone Wulff Madsen, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Stefan Markus Walbom Harders Harders, Jesper Rømhild Davidsen, Christian B Laursen","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2257992","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2257992","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Thoracic ultrasound (TUS) has proven useful in the diagnosis, risk stratification and monitoring of disease progression in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, utility in follow-up is poorly described. To elucidate this area, we performed TUS as part of a 12-month clinical follow-up in patients previously admitted with COVID-19 and correlated findings with clinical assessment and pulmonary function tests.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adult patients discharged from our hospital following admission with COVID-19 during March to May 2020 were invited to a 12-month follow-up. Enrolled patients were interviewed regarding persisting or newly developed symptoms in addition to TUS, spirometry and a 6-min walk test. Patients were referred to high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the lungs if suspicion of pulmonary fibrosis was raised.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty patients were enrolled in the study of whom had 13 developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during admission. Patients with ARDS were more prone to experience neurological symptoms at follow-up (<i>p</i> = 0.03) and showed more B-lines on TUS (<i>p</i> = 0.008) but did not otherwise differ significantly in terms of pulmonary function tests. Four patients had pathological findings on TUS where subsequent diagnostics revealed that two had interstitial lung abnormalities and two had heart failure. These four patients presented with a significantly lower diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (<i>p</i>=0.03) and 6-min walking distance (<i>p</i>=0.006) compared to the remaining 36 patients without ultrasound pathology. No significant difference was observed in spirometry values of % of predicted FEV1 (<i>p</i>=0.49) or FVC (<i>p</i>=0.07). No persisting cardiovascular pathology was observed in patients without ultrasonographic pathology.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>At 12-month after admission with COVID-19, a follow-up combining TUS, clinical assessment, and pulmonary function tests may improve the selection of patients requiring further diagnostic investigations such as HRCT or echocardiography.</p>","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"2257992"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/7f/62/ZECR_10_2257992.PMC10519251.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41117091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Long-term non-invasive ventilation for COPD patients following an exacerbation with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: a randomized controlled trial. COPD患者急性高碳酸血症呼吸衰竭加重后的长期无创通气:一项随机对照试验。
IF 1.9
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-09-18 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2257993
Caroline Hedsund, Kasper Linde Ankjærgaard, Tine Peick Sonne, Philip Tønnesen, Ejvind Frausing Hansen, Helle Frost Andreassen, Ronan M G Berg, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, Jon Torgny Wilcke
{"title":"Long-term non-invasive ventilation for COPD patients following an exacerbation with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Caroline Hedsund,&nbsp;Kasper Linde Ankjærgaard,&nbsp;Tine Peick Sonne,&nbsp;Philip Tønnesen,&nbsp;Ejvind Frausing Hansen,&nbsp;Helle Frost Andreassen,&nbsp;Ronan M G Berg,&nbsp;Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen,&nbsp;Jon Torgny Wilcke","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2257993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2257993","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>It remains unclear whether long-term non-invasive ventilation (LT-NIV) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improves survival and reduces admissions as results from randomized trials are inconsistent. We aim to determine whether LT-NIV initiated after an admission with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) can affect survival and admission rate in COPD patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A randomized controlled open-label trial, allocating patients with COPD to LT-NIV or standard of care immediately after an admission with AHRF treated with acute NIV. LT-NIV was aimed to normalize PaCO<sub>2</sub> using high-pressure NIV.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study was discontinued before full sample size due to slow recruitment. 28 patients were randomized to LT-NIV and 27 patients to standard of care. 42% of patients had a history of ≥ 2 admissions with AHRF. Median IPAP was 24 cmH<sub>2</sub>O (IQR 20-28). The primary outcome, time to readmission with AHRF or death within 12 months, did not reach significance, hazard ratio 0.53 (95% CI 0.25-1.12) <i>p</i> = 0.097. In a competing risk analysis, adjusted for history of AHRF, the odds ratio for AHRF within 12 months was 0.30 (95% CI 0.11-0.87) <i>p</i> = 0.024. The LT-NIV group had less exacerbations (median 1 (0-1) vs 2 (1-4) <i>p</i> = 0.021) and readmissions with AHRF (median 0 (0-1) vs 1 (0-1) <i>p</i> = 0.016).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The risk of the primary outcome, time to readmission with AHRF or death within 12 months was numerically smaller in the LT-NIV group, however, did not reach significance. Nevertheless, several secondary outcome analyses like risk of AHRF, number of episodes of AHRF and exacerbations were all significantly reduced in favour of high-pressure LT-NIV, especially in patients with frequent AHRF.</p>","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"2257993"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/85/02/ZECR_10_2257993.PMC10512815.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41113805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Virtual communication is commonly used in Finnish interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings. 芬兰间质性肺病多学科会议通常使用虚拟通信。
IF 1.8
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-17 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2190210
Johanna Salonen, Hanna Nurmi, Ulla Hodgson, Hannele Hasala, Maritta Kilpeläinen, Maria Hollmen, Minna Purokivi, Riitta Kaarteenaho
{"title":"Virtual communication is commonly used in Finnish interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings.","authors":"Johanna Salonen, Hanna Nurmi, Ulla Hodgson, Hannele Hasala, Maritta Kilpeläinen, Maria Hollmen, Minna Purokivi, Riitta Kaarteenaho","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2190210","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2190210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) is a core element in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The aim of the study was to investigate the implementation and key elements related to ILD MDMs in Finnish specialized care, which is characterized by long travel distances and a large number of small centers treating patients suffering from ILDs. An electronic questionnaire was sent to ILD experts working at five academic centers of Finland regarding the implementation of ILD MDMs with the focus on utilization of virtual communication. Responses were received from all academic centers of Finland (<i>n</i> = 5) whose catchment areas cover all of Finland. ILD MDMs were organized in each center approximately every two weeks and the core participants included a radiologist, respiratory physicians, junior staff, pathologist and a rheumatologist. All non-academic centers could refer their patients to be evaluated in ILD MDM of an academic center. Virtual communication was utilized by all academic centers in the implementation of ILD MDMs, being most common among small centers located in Eastern and Northern Finland. Virtual access to ILD MDM of an academic center was available in most parts of Finland, enabling small centers to benefit from the ILD expertise of academic centers.</p>","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"2190210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ef/f8/ZECR_10_2190210.PMC10026813.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9159703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The diagnostic trajectories of Danish patients with autoimmune rheumatologic disease associated interstitial lung disease: an interview-based study. 丹麦自身免疫性风湿病相关间质性肺病患者的诊断轨迹:一项基于访谈的研究。
IF 1.8
European Clinical Respiratory Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-03 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2023.2178601
M B Johansen, E Bendstrup, J R Davidsen, S B Shaker, H M Martin
{"title":"The diagnostic trajectories of Danish patients with autoimmune rheumatologic disease associated interstitial lung disease: an interview-based study.","authors":"M B Johansen, E Bendstrup, J R Davidsen, S B Shaker, H M Martin","doi":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2178601","DOIUrl":"10.1080/20018525.2023.2178601","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Autoimmune rheumatologic disease associated interstitial lung diseases (ARD-ILD) are rare conditions and the association between ARDs and respiratory symptoms often goes unrecognised by ARD patients and general practitioners (GPs). The diagnostic trajectory from the first respiratory symptoms to an ARD-ILD diagnosis is often delayed and may increase the burden of symptoms and allow further disease progression.The aim of this study was to 1) characterise the diagnostic trajectories of ARD-ILD patients and to 2) identify barriers for obtaining a timely ILD diagnosis based on the experiences and perceptions of both patients and healthcare professionals.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with Danish ARD-ILD patients, rheumatologists, pulmonologists and ILD nurses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixteen patients, six rheumatologists, three ILD nurses and three pulmonologists participated. Five characteristics of diagnostic trajectories were identified in the patient interviews: 1) early referral to lung specialists; 2) early delay; 3) delay or shortcut depending on specific circumstances; 4) parallel diagnostic trajectories connected late in the process; 5) early identification of lung involvement without proper interpretation. With the exception of early referral to lung specialists, all of the diagnostic trajectory characteristics identified led to delayed diagnosis. Delayed diagnostic trajectories resulted in patients experiencing increased uncertainty. Inconsistent disease terminology, insufficient knowledge and lack of awareness of ARD-ILD among central healthcare professionals and delayed referral to ILD specialists were main contributors to the diagnostic delay identified by the informants.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Five characteristics of the diagnostic trajectories were identified, four of which led to diagnostic delay of ARD-ILD. Improved diagnostic trajectories can shorten the diagnostic trajectory and increase early access to appropriate specialist medical care. Improved awareness and expertise in ARD-ILD across different medical specialties, especially among GPs, may contribute to more efficient and timely diagnostic trajectories and improved patient experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":11872,"journal":{"name":"European Clinical Respiratory Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"2178601"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6a/69/ZECR_10_2178601.PMC9987749.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9082456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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