Journal Series

Newest Journal  

Journal 63: SLIM it down: Short vs Long Course of Antibiotics for Pleural Infections

Author: Michael DiRico, DO
Reviewer: See Wei Low, MD & Abesh Niroula, MD
Posted: June 2025

Journal 62: *Cough* Control: Harnessing Dextromethorphan Premedication for Enhanced Comfort in Flexible Bronchoscopy

Author: Chris Yurosko, DO
Reviewer: Christian Ghattas, MB BCh & Sameer K. Avasarala, MD
Posted: May 2025

Journal 61: 
The impact of outpatient versus inpatient management on health-related quality of life outcomes for patients with malignant pleural effusion: the OPTIMUM randomized clinical trial

Author: Jaskiran Khosa, MD
Reviewer: Kai Swenson, MD & John P Egan III, MD
Posted: April 2025

 
Journal 60: 

When to Sample: a Prospective Validation of the Canada Lymph Node Score

Author: Spencer Keil, MD
Reviewer: Max Wayne, MD & Yu Htwe, MD 
Posted: March 2025

 Journal 59: 
How non-specific is non-specific pleuritis? Insights from International Collaborative Effusion Database

Author: Kathleen Twomey, MD
Reviewer: Jaskaran Sethi, MD & Yaron Gesthalter, MD
Posted: February 2025 

 Journal 58:
Outcomes of Therapeutic Bronchoscopy in Malignant Airway Obstruction Causing Acute Respiratory Failure

Author: Catherine Marie Fiore, MD
Reviewer: Christian Ghattas & Jose De Cardenas
Posted: January 2025 

Journal 57:
Survival benefit of endobronchial valves: Is it just mechanical?

Author: Stephanie Hampton
Reviewer: Abesh Niroula & John Egan
Posted: December 2024  

Journal 56:
Randomizing patients to surgical versus non-surgical management of pleural infections, can it be done?

Author: Adali Martinez, MD, MPH
Reviewer: Yaron B Gesthalter, MD & Christian Ghattas, MD
Posted: November 2024  

Journal 55:
A needle in the haystack - looking for occult N2 disease. What is the diagnostic performance of EBUS-TBNA for mediastinal staging of centrally located T1N0M0 NSCLC clinical staged with PET/CT

Author: Shashvat Sukhal
Reviewer: Jaskaran Sethi & Sameer K. Avasarala
Posted: October 2024  

Journal 54:
Simple Aspiration versus Large Bore Chest-Tube Drainage for Complete Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Is the Chest Tube Necessary?

Reviewers: Kai Swenson, Christopher Bosma & Yu Maw Htwe
Posted: September 2024  

 Journal 53:
Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Combined With Cryobiopsy in the Diagnosis of Mediastinal Diseases

Reviewers: Abesh Niroula & Sameer Avasarala
Posted: August 2024 

 Journal 52:
Is it Truly Negative? The Effect of Definitions and Cancer Prevalence on Diagnostic Yield Estimates of Bronchoscopy

Author: Pallavi Sharma
Reviewers: Max Wayne & Jaskaran Sethi
Posted: July 2024 

 Journal 51:
Therapeutic Rigid Bronchoscopy Improves Functional Status and Systemic Treatment Eligibility of Patients with Malignant Central Airway Obstruction

Adding Molecular Testing to the Menu of Pleural Disease

Aiming low: Can minimizing fraction of inspired oxygen during endobronchial valve placement reduce postprocedural pneumothorax?

Tunneling Through Recurrent Effusions: Indwelling Pleural Catheter’s Safety and Utility in Lung Transplant Recipients

Lobar or Sublobar Resection, That is the Question

ADAPT-ing the tPA dose for pleural infection: How low can we go?

Shape Sensing Robotic Bronchoscopy versus Digital Tomosynthesis-Corrected Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy: A Battle for Superiority

The visceral response to thoracentesis: Predicting pleural opposition after thoracentesis with terminal pleural manometry

Effect of Endobronchial Valves on Hypercapnia

AMPLE (2) Activity: Does drainage schedule impact activity in patients with indwelling pleural catheters for malignant pleural effusions?

Does autologous blood patch pleurodesis (ABPP) have higher success rates in air leak closure than doxycycline pleurodesis in patients with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) with persistent air leak?

Tolerating the procedure well: bronchoscopy using patient-controlled sedation with propofol

Intrapleural Fibrinolytic and Enzyme Therapy: Is the benefit worth the bleed?

Could a specific ventilatory protocol reduce atelectasis during peripheral bronchoscopy?

Dual agent intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy (IPFT) for complicated pleural space infections (CPSI), does it compare to surgery?

Can the right pathway come at the correct cost?

Small-bore pigtail catheters (PC) are as effective as large-bore surgical chest tubes (ST)in patients with traumatic hemothorax (HTX) and hemopneumothorax (HPTX)

Check and correct? Assessing the safety of thoracentesis or tube thoracostomy for patients with uncorrected bleeding tendencies

Shape-Sensing Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Parenchymal Lesions

Randomized trial of indwelling pleural catheters for refractory transudative pleural effusions – REDUCE study

To Cryo or not to Cryo: Poor Concordance between Sequential Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy and Surgical Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Diffuse Interstitial Lung Diseases 

The Impact of Gravity vs Suction-driven Therapeutic Thoracentesis on Pressure-related Complications

JOURNAL CLUB CHIEF EDITOR

Christian Ghattas, MD

The Ohio State University