CHEST pulmonaryPub Date : 2024-05-31DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100067
{"title":"Developing an Evidence-Based Interprofessional Algorithm to Apply Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Exacerbation of COPD","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100067","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>When administered as first-line intervention to patients admitted with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to COPD exacerbation in conjunction with guideline-recommended therapies, noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been shown to reduce mortality and endotracheal intubation. Opportunities to increase uptake of NIV continue to exist despite inclusion of this therapy in clinical guidelines. Prior studies suggest that efforts to increase NIV use in acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) need to account for the complex and interprofessional nature of NIV delivery and the need for interprofessional team coordination.</p></div><div><h3>Research Question</h3><p>We sought to develop an evidence-based interprofessional algorithm to apply NIV in AECOPD to improve the appropriate utilization of NIV in AECOPD.</p></div><div><h3>Study Design and Methods</h3><p>In this prospective qualitative descriptive study, subject matter expert physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists practicing in a variety of clinical settings caring for patients with AECOPD were recruited for semistructured interviews. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research checklist was followed for interview development. Interview themes applicable to interprofessional collaborative practice were identified using deductive thematic analysis. An NIV algorithm based on recent society guidelines was constructed. Interprofessional team tasks appropriate for each phase of the NIV process were integrated into the algorithm.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We present an interprofessional team-based algorithm for delivery of NIV in AECOPD inclusive of patient selection and initiation, titration, monitoring, and weaning of NIV. The goal is to increase appropriate uptake of NIV in the AECOPD population.</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>The identified roles and responsibilities of an interprofessional team could be integrated into an interprofessional education program pertaining to use and management of NIV for patients with AECOPD emphasizing collaborative best practice, interprofessional team communication, and support of professional autonomy when appropriate.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949789224000333/pdfft?md5=4913f1fd3cf817387156239a84f5b692&pid=1-s2.0-S2949789224000333-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141953871","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}
CHEST pulmonaryPub Date : 2024-05-23DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100064
{"title":"A 28-Year-Old Woman With Chest Pain, Abdominal Pain, and Right Pleural Effusion","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Case Presentation</h3><p>A 28-year-old woman presented to the outpatient setting with right-sided intermittent chest pain for the past 8 months. For the past 3 months, she noticed breathlessness initially on exertion, which had progressed to dyspnea at rest. She also reported intermittent cramping abdominal pain, predominantly in the pelvis, that worsened during each menstrual cycle. She had regular menses and denied the use of any hormonal-based or barrier methods of contraception. She had never smoked. She was married and delivered a child 10 years ago. Two years before this presentation, she had undergone medical termination of pregnancy. A previous Pap smear of the cervix was normal. She denied any history of cough, hemoptysis, vomiting, diarrhea or hematemesis, dyspareunia, or post-coital bleeding. There was no relevant family history.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949789224000308/pdfft?md5=195cfa1ee7f63b1ac87cc4e2748d6f80&pid=1-s2.0-S2949789224000308-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141130229","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}
CHEST pulmonaryPub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100063
Uddalak Majumdar, Theresa M. Kline, James K. Stoller
{"title":"Occurrence of Emphysema in Individuals with the Williams-Beuren Syndrome: A Narrative Review","authors":"Uddalak Majumdar, Theresa M. Kline, James K. Stoller","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141139258","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}
CHEST pulmonaryPub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100062
T. Okaya, A. Shigeta, N. Tanabe, K. Tatsumi, H. Yokota, A. Nishiyama, A. Naito, A. Sekine, T. Sugiura, S. Sakao, T. Suzuki
{"title":"Significance of normal lung volume on quantitative computed tomography analysis in Group 1 and Group 3 pulmonary hypertension","authors":"T. Okaya, A. Shigeta, N. Tanabe, K. Tatsumi, H. Yokota, A. Nishiyama, A. Naito, A. Sekine, T. Sugiura, S. Sakao, T. Suzuki","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141023579","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}
CHEST pulmonaryPub Date : 2024-04-10DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100057
Ishan A. Patel MD, Neel Vahil MD, Keith Albrektson MD, Lucie Griffin DO
{"title":"A 69-Year-Old Man With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pleural Effusion","authors":"Ishan A. Patel MD, Neel Vahil MD, Keith Albrektson MD, Lucie Griffin DO","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Case Presentation</h3><p>A 69-year-old male with a history of ongoing tobacco use and long-standing history of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis on chronic immunosuppressive therapy (daily hydroxychloroquine, weekly methotrexate with etanercept) presented to the outpatient clinic with 6 weeks of weight loss, cough, and malaise. There was no history of recent infections, hospitalizations, or other significant changes to his health other than having a 3-month lapse in his rheumatoid arthritis medications due to prescription filling issues.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949789224000230/pdfft?md5=4ee336948716e03b1d7ad0a4bbeae803&pid=1-s2.0-S2949789224000230-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140772195","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}
CHEST pulmonaryPub Date : 2024-03-29DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100054
Julian Müller MSc , Simon R. Schneider PhD , Anna Titz MD , Claudia Thalmann RN , Esther I. Schwarz MD , Christoph Bauer PhD , Ekkehard Grünig MD , Malcolm Kohler MD , Mona Lichtblau MD , Silvia Ulrich MD
{"title":"Effect of Eccentric Cycling on Oxygen Uptake and Hemodynamics in Patients With Pulmonary Vascular Disease","authors":"Julian Müller MSc , Simon R. Schneider PhD , Anna Titz MD , Claudia Thalmann RN , Esther I. Schwarz MD , Christoph Bauer PhD , Ekkehard Grünig MD , Malcolm Kohler MD , Mona Lichtblau MD , Silvia Ulrich MD","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Eccentric cycling exercise (ECC) allows training at low metabolic costs and may therefore be valuable for patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to pulmonary vascular disease (PVD).</p></div><div><h3>Research Question</h3><p>What are the ventilatory and circulatory responses of ECC vs concentric cycling exercise (CON) in patients with PVD?</p></div><div><h3>Study Design and Methods</h3><p>This was a randomized controlled crossover trial in which patients diagnosed with PVD, defined as either pulmonary arterial or chronic thromboembolic PH, performed CON and ECC cycling tests at identical submaximal work rates, following stepwise incremental protocols. Oxygen uptake and additional cardiorespiratory responses were measured breath-by-breath by ergospirometry. Hemodynamic parameters (eg, systolic pulmonary arterial pressure [sPAP], tricuspid annular plain systolic excursion) were measured by echocardiography.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Thirty-three patients (19 with pulmonary arterial hypertension and 14 with chronic thromboembolic PH; 13 female; mean age, 50 ± 15 years) were included. At identical work rates during ECC compared with CON, oxygen uptake was significantly lower by −200 mL/min (−40%; 95% CI, −272 to −129; <em>P</em> < .01), minute ventilation was significantly lower by −5.5 L/min (−30%; 95% CI, −9.2 to −3.1; <em>P</em> < .01), and sPAP was significantly lower by −12 mm Hg (−20%; 95% CI, −20 to −4; <em>P</em> < .01). Right ventricular-arterial coupling, as measured by tricuspid annular plain systolic excursion/sPAP, was 0.11 mm/mm Hg higher (31%; 95% CI, 0.04-0.18; <em>P</em> < .01). No adverse events occurred.</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>This study supports the hypothesis that ECC is a feasible and well-tolerated exercise modality for patients with PVD, with lower oxygen demand and a reduced load on the right ventricle. Future studies should investigate whether ECC improves exercise capacity, muscle force, and possibly hemodynamics during prolonged rehabilitation programs in patients with PVD.</p></div><div><h3>Clinical Trial Registration</h3><p>ClinicalTrials.gov; No.: NCT05186987; URL: <span>www.clinicaltrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></p></div>","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949789224000205/pdfft?md5=95087b9f10d5de9715ecfa15b2b03d99&pid=1-s2.0-S2949789224000205-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140408441","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}
CHEST pulmonaryPub Date : 2024-03-20DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100049
Ewa Ternesten-Hasséus PhD , Ewa-Lena Johansson PhD , Eva Millqvist MD, PhD
{"title":"Oral Capsaicin as Treatment for Unexplained Chronic Cough and Airway Symptoms","authors":"Ewa Ternesten-Hasséus PhD , Ewa-Lena Johansson PhD , Eva Millqvist MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100049","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100049","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Unexplained chronic cough (UCC) is characterized by persistent coughing without evident medical explanation.</p></div><div><h3>Research Question</h3><p>Does daily oral administration of natural capsaicin (chili) improve refractory coughing in patients with UCC?</p></div><div><h3>Study Design and Methods</h3><p>Forty-six patients (mean age, 60.5 years) with UCC participated in this crossover, randomized double-anonymized study. For 4 weeks, the participants took capsules containing pure capsaicin orally, and after a washout of 2 weeks, took placebo capsules for 4 weeks. A capsaicin inhalation cough test was used to assess the capsaicin inhalation concentration required to reach two coughs and the capsaicin inhalation concentration required to reach five coughs. The number of coughs in a 24-h period and the number of coughs per hour were recorded on four occasions using the Leicester Cough Monitor. Participants completed questionnaires with items on cough, cough-related symptoms, and quality of life.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The mean values for capsaicin inhalation concentration required to reach two coughs and the capsaicin inhalation concentration required to reach five coughs increased after the capsaicin treatment period as compared with the first visit (baseline; <em>P</em> < .05 and <em>P</em> < .03, respectively), although they did not differ from the placebo recordings. Neither the capsaicin nor the placebo treatment significantly reduced the cough frequency, nor did they differ between the two treatment periods. When dividing the participants into low-cougher (≤ 400 coughs within 24 h) and high-cougher (> 400 coughs within 24 h) groups, the low coughers experienced a significantly better outcome from capsaicin, but not from placebo. The visual analog scale symptom scores improved after capsaicin treatment compared with baseline and placebo treatment in terms of the frequencies of coughing (<em>P < .</em>001), rhinitis (<em>P < .</em>03), and throat irritation (<em>P < .</em>01). The Leicester Cough Questionnaire scores improved after capsaicin treatment compared with baseline and compared with the placebo treatment group for all the domains (<em>P < .</em>01 for the total score).</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>In this study, capsaicin powder taken orally was found to be clinically effective and well tolerated by patients with UCC. The results suggest a future treatment for UCC.</p></div><div><h3>Trial Registry</h3><p>European Union Drug Regulating Authorities Clinical Trials Database; No.: EudraCT 2016-004463-39; URL: <span>https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu</span><svg><path></path></svg></p><p>ClinicalTrials.gov; No.: <span>NCT04125563</span><svg><path></path></svg>; URL: <span>www.clinicaltrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></p></div>","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949789224000151/pdfft?md5=38d3d9b768ac0c1e7fe04c5fc22f885b&pid=1-s2.0-S2949789224000151-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140268951","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}
CHEST pulmonaryPub Date : 2024-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100050
{"title":"Navigational Bronchoscopy vs CT Scan-Guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Indeterminate Lung Nodules","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100050","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2024.100050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Lung nodule incidence is increasing. Many nodules require biopsy to discriminate between benign and malignant causes. The gold standard for minimally invasive biopsy, CT scan-guided transthoracic needle biopsy (CT-TTNB), has not been compared directly with navigational bronchoscopy, a method that recently has seen rapid technological innovation and is associated with improving diagnostic yield and lower complication rates. Current estimates of the diagnostic usefulness of both methods are based largely on noncomparative data with significant risk for selection, referral, and publication biases.</p></div><div><h3>Research Question</h3><p>Is contemporary navigational bronchoscopy noninferior to CT scan-guided transthoracic needle biopsy for the diagnosis of indeterminate pulmonary nodules?</p></div><div><h3>Study Design and Methods</h3><p>Navigation Endoscopy to Reach Indeterminate Lung Nodules vs Transthoracic Needle Aspiration, a Randomized Controlled Study, is a multicenter, 1:1 randomized, parallel-group trial designed to ascertain whether electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy with integrated digital tomosynthesis is noninferior to CT-TTNB for the diagnosis of peripheral lung nodules 10 to 30 mm in diameter with before testing probability of malignancy of at least 10%. The primary end point is diagnostic accuracy through 12 months of follow-up. Secondary end points include diagnostic yield, complication rate, procedure duration, need for additional invasive diagnostic procedures, and radiation exposure.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>This article describes the protocol and rationale for the Navigation Endoscopy to Reach Indeterminate Lung Nodules vs Transthoracic Needle Aspiration, a Randomized Controlled Study, designed to answer the study question.</p></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><p>The results of this rigorously designed trial will provide high-quality data regarding the management of lung nodules, a common clinical entity that often represents the earliest and most treatable stage of lung cancer. Several design challenges are described. Notably, all nodules are reviewed centrally by an independent interventional pulmonology and radiology adjudication panel relying on prespecified exclusions to ensure enrolled nodules are amenable to sampling by both methods while protecting against selection bias favoring either method. Conservative diagnostic yield and accuracy definitions with prespecified criteria for what nonmalignant findings may be considered diagnostic were chosen to avoid inflation of estimates of diagnostic usefulness.</p></div><div><h3>Trial Registry</h3><p><span><span>ClinicalTrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>; No.: NCT04250194; URL: <span><span>www.clinicaltrials.gov</span><svg><path></path></svg></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949789224000163/pdfft?md5=7c32c0e35ce0f18c518df629e6ef3dc6&pid=1-s2.0-S2949789224000163-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141736704","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}
{"title":"A 74-Year-Old Woman With Dyspnea, Diffuse Bilateral Thickened Bronchovascular Bundle, Multiple Small Nodules, and a Thin-Walled Cavity","authors":"Tomoya Maruyama MD , Takashi Nishida MD , Takashi Ishiguro MD , Tetsu Kanauchi MD , Yoshihiko Shimizu MD , Noboru Takayanagi MD","doi":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2023.100028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chpulm.2023.100028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Case Presentation</h3><p>A 74-year-old Japanese woman sought treatment at the hospital for gradually progressive dyspnea and fatigue of 7 months’ duration and bilateral abnormalities on chest radiography. Past medical history was insignificant, and she had not begun any new medications for several years. She had no history of tobacco use, alcohol use, or exposure to chemicals or various dusts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":94286,"journal":{"name":"CHEST pulmonary","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949789223000284/pdfft?md5=a68c355dc526ebbca22458ed7f1c7a4f&pid=1-s2.0-S2949789223000284-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135515405","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}