Community-based Participatory Research Is Needed to Address Pulmonary Health Disparities
Harris DA, Pensa MA, Redlich CA, Pisani MA, Rosenthal MS. Community-based Participatory Research Is Needed to Address Pulmonary Health Disparities. Annals Of The American Thoracic Society 2016, 13: 1231-1238. PMID: 27249657, DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201601-054ps.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCommunity-based participatory researchHealth disparitiesPulmonary diseaseHealth equityPediatric asthma outcomesOutcome of treatmentAmerican Thoracic SocietyAdult asthmaAsthma outcomesMedical managementLung diseaseThoracic SocietyPulmonary medicineHealth behaviorsSpecific interventionsRacial disparitiesParticipatory researchCommunity healthHealth careDiseaseNational InstituteOutcomesSustainable interventionsCommunity-based approachHealthComparison of Transbronchial and Cryobiopsies in Evaluation of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease
Ramaswamy A, Homer R, Killam J, Pisani MA, Murphy TE, Araujo K, Puchalski J. Comparison of Transbronchial and Cryobiopsies in Evaluation of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease. Journal Of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 2016, 23: 14-21. PMID: 26705007, PMCID: PMC4864578, DOI: 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiffuse parenchymal lung diseaseTransbronchial lung cryobiopsyTransbronchial lung biopsyParenchymal lung diseaseLung diseaseFlexible bronchoscopyDiagnostic yieldTertiary care academic centerVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgeryInterstitial lung diseaseHigh diagnostic yieldTBLB specimensLung biopsyLung cryobiopsyMassive hemoptysisPrior malignancyThoracoscopic surgeryClinicopathologic featuresHypersensitivity pneumonitisModerate sedationRetrospective studyTherapeutic optionsMean ageFinal diagnosisPostprocedural outcomes