2024
Anesthetic Risk with Large Mediastinal Masses: A Management Framework Based on a Systematic Review
Saffarzadeh A, Popescu W, Detterbeck F, Li A, Blasberg J. Anesthetic Risk with Large Mediastinal Masses: A Management Framework Based on a Systematic Review. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2024 PMID: 39307215, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.09.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMediastinal massSystematic reviewManagement of patientsVery-high-riskDegree of airwayDegree of symptomsAnatomic compressionRespiratory decompensationRetrospective seriesVascular compressionCase reportAnesthetic managementCategories of low-Anesthetic riskWriting panelIndividual patientsLow riskPubMed databaseDecompensationPatientsHigher-riskPotential decompensationAnesthesiaBack-up planReactive interventions
2003
Diagnosis of Lung Cancer* The Guidelines
Rivera MP, Detterbeck F, Mehta AC. Diagnosis of Lung Cancer* The Guidelines. CHEST Journal 2003, 123: 129s-136s. PMID: 12527572, DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.1_suppl.129s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung cancerAbnormal chest radiograph findingsOverall clinical statusChest radiograph findingsPresence of metastasesUnnecessary invasive proceduresAvailable diagnostic proceduresMethods of diagnosisRadiograph findingsClinical presentationClinical statusPrimary tumorIndividual patientsInvasive proceduresSystemic effectsParticular patientCancerDiagnostic proceduresDiagnostic approachPatientsDiagnostic issuesDiagnosisTumorsCareful judgmentMetastasis