{"title":"Risk assessment of persistent incidental pulmonary subsolid nodules to guide appropriate surveillance interval and endpoints.","authors":"Mengwen Liu, Meng Li, Hao Feng, Xu Jiang, Rongshou Zheng, Xue Zhang, Jianwei Li, Xin Liang, Li Zhang","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2423541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2024.2423541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Guidelines for the follow-up of pulmonary subsolid nodule (SSN) vary in terms of frequency and criteria for discontinuation. We aimed to evaluate the growth risk of SSNs and define appropriate follow-up intervals and endpoints. The immediate risk (IR) and cumulative risk (CR) of SSN growth were assessed using the Kaplan-Meier method according to nodule consistency and size. Follow-up plans were proposed based on optimal growth risk threshold of 5%. 892 SSNs, comprising 833 pure ground-glass nodules (pGGNs) and 59 part-solid nodules (PSNs) were included. For pGGNs ≤ 6.6 mm, the CR exceeded 5% at every 3-year interval in the first 9 years. For pGGNs measuring 6.6-8.8 mm and >8.8 mm, the IR remained above 5% for the first 2-7 years, and the 2-year CR for pGGNs measuring 6.6-8.8 mm in the 8th and 9th years achieved 6.66%. For PSNs, the IR peaked in the 4th year (44%) and then declined. Therefore, triennial follow-up for 9 years is recommended for pGGNs ≤ 6.6 mm, annual follow-up for 7 years followed by biennial follow-up for 2 years for pGGNs measuring 6.6-8.8 mm, annual follow-up for 7 years for pGGNs > 8.8 mm, and continuous annual follow-up until nodule growth for PSNs.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2423541"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The diagnostic performance and optimal strategy of cone beam CT-assisted bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Huijie Yang, Junfeng Huang, Yu Zhang, Jiaming Guo, Shuojia Xie, Ziwen Zheng, Yuqin Ma, Qilin Deng, Changhao Zhong, Shiyue Li","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2420562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2024.2420562","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) assisted bronchoscopy shows prospective advantages in diagnosing peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs), but its diagnostic value and potential influencing factors remain unclear. What is the clinical value and optimal strategy of CBCT-assisted bronchoscopy in diagnosing PPLs? The references were searched from PubMed, EmBase, and Web of Science. Studies reporting diagnostic yield and potential influencing factors of CBCT-assisted bronchoscopy were included. The navigational success rate, diagnostic rate, complication rate, and potential influencing factors were pooled by random-effects model and meta-regression. A total of 1,441 patients with 1,540 lesions from 15 studies were included in our meta-analysis. The pooled navigational success rate (97.0% vs 81.6%; odds ratio [OR] 5.12) and diagnostic rate (78.5% vs 55.7%; OR 2.51) of the CBCT-assisted group were significantly higher than those without CBCT. The complication rate of CBCT-assisted bronchoscopy was 4.4% (95%CI: 0.02-0.07). Cone-beam CT combined with r-EBUS can achieve the highest diagnostic rate. Applying positive end-expiratory pressure could improve the diagnostic rate and reduce the complication rate (p < 0.05). Lesions located in the upper lobe could achieve a higher diagnostic rate and lesions located in the right lobes could get a lower complication rate (p < 0.05). Cone-beam CT combined with r-EBUS seems to be the effective and optimal approach to ameliorate the navigation success rate and diagnostic rate of diagnosing PPLs.<b>Clinical trial registration</b>: This study was registered in PROSPERO (Registration Number: CRD42022378992). URL: PROSPERO (york.ac.uk).</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2420562"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2024.2411812
Isabel de Jesus Oliveira, Inês Gomes, Pedro Lopes Ferreira
{"title":"The London chest activity of daily living revisited.","authors":"Isabel de Jesus Oliveira, Inês Gomes, Pedro Lopes Ferreira","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2411812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2024.2411812","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2411812"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2024.2411808
Kostas A Papavassiliou, Antonios N Gargalionis, Athanasios G Papavassiliou
{"title":"The potential of tumour mechanotargeting in lung cancer therapeutics.","authors":"Kostas A Papavassiliou, Antonios N Gargalionis, Athanasios G Papavassiliou","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2411808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2024.2411808","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2411808"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2024.2419719
Wei-Zhen Tang, Qin-Yu Cai, Tai-Hang Liu
{"title":"Correspondence: Assessing the effectiveness of high-flow nasal cannula in treating acute respiratory failure in the elderly pulmonology.","authors":"Wei-Zhen Tang, Qin-Yu Cai, Tai-Hang Liu","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2419719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2024.2419719","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2419719"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143069652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2025-01-03DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2024.2442175
Rosario Menéndez, Raúl Méndez, Ana Latorre, Paula González-Jiménez, Germán Peces-Barba, María Molina-Molina, Pedro Pablo España, Estela García, Angélica Consuegra-Vanegas, Marta María García-Clemente, Carolina Panadero, Juan Marco Figueira-Gonçalves, David De la Rosa-Carrillo, Oriol Sibila, María Dolores Martínez-Pitarch, Nuria Toledo-Pons, Cecilia López-Ramírez, Wanda Almonte-Batista, Abigail Macías-Paredes, Mercedes Villamon, Marisol Domínguez-Álvarez, Eli Nancy Pérez-Rodas, Javier Lázaro, Sarai Quirós, Rosa Cordovilla, Irene Cano-Pumarega, Antoni Torres
{"title":"Clustering patients with COVID-19 according to respiratory support requirements, and its impact on short- and long-term outcome (RECOVID study).","authors":"Rosario Menéndez, Raúl Méndez, Ana Latorre, Paula González-Jiménez, Germán Peces-Barba, María Molina-Molina, Pedro Pablo España, Estela García, Angélica Consuegra-Vanegas, Marta María García-Clemente, Carolina Panadero, Juan Marco Figueira-Gonçalves, David De la Rosa-Carrillo, Oriol Sibila, María Dolores Martínez-Pitarch, Nuria Toledo-Pons, Cecilia López-Ramírez, Wanda Almonte-Batista, Abigail Macías-Paredes, Mercedes Villamon, Marisol Domínguez-Álvarez, Eli Nancy Pérez-Rodas, Javier Lázaro, Sarai Quirós, Rosa Cordovilla, Irene Cano-Pumarega, Antoni Torres","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2442175","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2442175","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery created a registry for hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and the different types of respiratory support used (RECOVID). Objectives. To describe the profile of hospitalised patients with COVID-19, comorbidities, respiratory support treatments and setting. In addition, we aimed to identify varying profiles of patients according to outcomes and the complexity of respiratory support needed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Multicentre, observational study in 49 Spanish hospitals. A protocol collected demographic data, comorbidities, respiratory support, treatment setting and 1-year follow-up. Patients were described using either frequency and percentages or median and interquartile range, as appropriate. A cluster analysis made it possible to identify different types of profile among the patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 2148 of 2454 hospitalised patients (87.5%) received care in the conventional ward, whilst 126 in IRCU and 180 in ICU. In IRCU, 30% required high-flow nasal oxygen whilst 25%, non-invasive mechanical ventilation and 17%, mechanical ventilation. Four clusters of patients were identified. Two clusters were more likely to require IRCU/ICU admission, although primarily Cluster 2: Cluster (C) 1 consisted of patients without comorbidities and C2, those with comorbidities. Both presented higher inflammatory levels and lower lymphocyte count and SpO2/FiO2; however, C2 showed worse values. Two different clusters identified patients requiring less complex respiratory support. C3 presented higher comorbidities and elevated lymphocyte count, SpO2/FiO2 and low C-reactive protein (CRP). C4 included those without comorbidities except for arterial hypertension, lymphopenia and an intermediate CRP. In-hospital mortality and subsequent 1-year mortality were greater for C2 (28.6% and 7.1%) and C1 (11.1%, 8.3%) than for C4 (3.3%, 1.8%) and C3 (0%, 0%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The cluster analysis identified four clinical phenotypes requiring distinct types of respiratory support, with great differences present per characteristics and outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2442175"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142923992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations of anxiety and depression with prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Kefan Wu, Lifei Lu, Yubiao Chen, Jieqi Peng, Xiaohui Wu, Gaoying Tang, Ting Ma, Jing Cheng, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2438553","DOIUrl":"10.1080/25310429.2024.2438553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The associations between anxiety, depression, and the prognosis of COPD remain uncertain. The present study aims to investigate the associations of anxiety and depression with 30-day readmission rates and acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). Four databases were searched to identify relevant studies published before 13 March 2024. Studies that report on the impact of anxiety and depression on the prognosis of AECOPD were included. The pooled effect size and its 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using a random effects model. The primary outcomes were 30-day readmission and AECOPD within the first year after discharge in COPD patients. Of the 5,955 studies screened, 14 studies were included in the analysis. Patients with anxiety had a higher risk of AECOPD within the first year after discharge compared to those without anxiety (HR: 2.10, 95% CI: 1.28-3.45, <i>p</i> = 0.003). Patients with depression also had a higher risk of AECOPD within the first year after discharge (HR: 1.36, 95% CI: 1.10-1.69, <i>p</i> = 0.004). Similar results were observed in the associations of anxiety and depression with 30-day readmission. Our results suggested that anxiety and depression were associated with an increased risk of 30-day readmission and AECOPD in patients with COPD.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2438553"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142820090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endobronchial ultrasound-guided cryobiopsy of a rare epicardial tumour.","authors":"Toshiyuki Nakai, Atsushi Miyamoto, Mana Ogawa, Akimasa Morisaki, Nobuhiro Izumi, Sayaka Tanaka","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2458368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2458368","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac tumors are rare, and a nonsurgical diagnosis is preferred for determining appropriate treatment strategies.</p><p><strong>Research question: </strong>Can Endobronchial ultrasound-guided cryobiopsy (EBUS-cryo) be useful for diagnosing cardiac tumors?</p><p><strong>Study design and methods: </strong>This paper presents a case report on the successful diagnosis of a rare cardiac tumor using EBUS-cryo. A 60-year-old woman was referred to our hospital after echocardiography revealed an epicardial tumor compressing the bilateral atria. Computed tomography revealed a 90-mm cardiac tumor adjacent to the tracheal bifurcation compressing the surrounding large vessels. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided cryobiopsy (EBUS-cryo) was performed, and a histological diagnosis of schwannoma, a type of peripheral nerve sheath tumor (PNST), was made without severe complications. Surgical resection was performed, and the tumor was found to originate from the pericardium on the left atrial wall.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The surgical specimens contained small areas of perineurioma in addition to schwannoma, leading to the final diagnosis of extremely rare hybrid PNST.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>EBUS-cryo can be one of useful biopsy techniques for diagnosing cardiac tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2458368"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PulmonologyPub Date : 2025-12-31Epub Date: 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1080/25310429.2025.2466922
Tristan Bonnevie, Francis-Edouard Gravier, Pauline Smondack, Emeline Fresnel, Isabelle Rivals, Helena Brunel, Yann Combret, Clément Médrinal, Guillaume Prieur, Fairuz Boujibar, Thomas Similowski, Jean-François Muir, Antoine Cuvelier, Maxime Patout
{"title":"Physiological effects of nasal high flow therapy during exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A crossover randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Tristan Bonnevie, Francis-Edouard Gravier, Pauline Smondack, Emeline Fresnel, Isabelle Rivals, Helena Brunel, Yann Combret, Clément Médrinal, Guillaume Prieur, Fairuz Boujibar, Thomas Similowski, Jean-François Muir, Antoine Cuvelier, Maxime Patout","doi":"10.1080/25310429.2025.2466922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/25310429.2025.2466922","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54237,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology","volume":"31 1","pages":"2466922"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Marcos-Frutos, Sergio Miras-Moreno, Gonzalo Márquez, Amador García-Ramos
{"title":"Comparative Effects of the Free Weights and Smith Machine Squat and Bench Press: The Important Role of Specificity for Strength Adaptations.","authors":"Daniel Marcos-Frutos, Sergio Miras-Moreno, Gonzalo Márquez, Amador García-Ramos","doi":"10.1123/ijspp.2024-0274","DOIUrl":"10.1123/ijspp.2024-0274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Although previous studies have compared strength-training adaptations between free weights (FW) and machine-guided exercises, those studies did not use a Smith machine (SM), which most closely replicates the exercises performed with FW. Thus, the aim of the present study was to investigate the chronic effects of strength-focused, velocity-based training regimens using FW versus SM.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-seven sport-science students (14 female) were assigned, balanced by sex and relative strength, to either an FW or SM training group. The training program lasted 8 weeks (2 sessions/wk), and participants performed 4 sets per exercise (back squat and bench press) at 70% of their 1-repetition maximum with moderate effort levels (20%-25% velocity loss). Load-velocity profile parameters (load-axis intercept, velocity-axis intercept, and area under the load-velocity relationship line), cross-sectional areas of the vastus lateralis and pectoralis major muscles, and the number of repetitions to failure in the bench-press exercise were assessed before and after the training program. Mechanical variables were assessed using both FW and SM.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All variables, with the exception of back-squat velocity-axis intercept (P = .124), improved in both training groups. The changes in load-axis intercept and area under the load-velocity relationship line were more pronounced when the training and testing conditions matched. Failure in the bench-press exercise and cross-sectional areas of the vastus lateralis and pectoralis major showed comparable improvements for both training groups, while velocity-axis intercept tended to improve more in the SM group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The general population, unconcerned with the specificity of strength adaptations, can choose a training modality (FW or SM) based on personal preferences.</p>","PeriodicalId":14295,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sports physiology and performance","volume":" ","pages":"292-300"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142909667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}