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Donaldson LH, Gill AJ, Hibbert M. Utility of surgical lung biopsy in critically ill patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates: a retrospective review. Intern Med J 2017; 46:1306-1310. [PMID: 27530476 DOI: 10.1111/imj.13222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Revised: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are conflicting reports regarding the role of surgical lung biopsies in patients who present to the intensive care unit (ICU) with unexplained respiratory failure and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates on imaging. AIM To describe the utility of surgical lung biopsies in patients presenting to the ICU with unexplained respiratory failure and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed. All patients admitted to the ICU who underwent a surgical lung biopsy for the investigation of respiratory failure and unexplained pulmonary infiltrates between 1998 and 2012 were included. The primary outcome measures for this descriptive study were the biopsy histopathology, changes in patient management following biopsy and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS A total of 30 patients was included in the review. Biopsies in 22 patients (73%) demonstrated diffuse alveolar damage (DAD), with 15 of these biopsies (50%) suggesting a specific underlying aetiology. In 73% of cases (n = 22), the biopsy finding was associated with a change in management, although this generally involved the escalation of an existing therapy rather than initiation of a new treatment. Biopsies were performed at a median 10 days after admission (interquartile range 5-17 days), with the majority of patients being treated empirically prior to the biopsy with systemic steroids and broad-spectrum antimicrobials. Mortality was 53%. CONCLUSION In this series, DAD was the most frequent pathology. The biopsy result was associated with a change in management in a majority of the subjects, most frequently an escalation of prior empiric therapy. Mortality was high.
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- L H Donaldson
- Malcolm Fisher Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Department of Surgical Pathology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Northern Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Chuang ML, Lin IF, Tsai YH, Vintch JRE, Pang LC. The Utility of Open Lung Biopsy in Patients With Diffuse Pulmonary Infiltrates as Related to Respiratory Distress, Its Impact on Decision Making by Urgent Intervention, and the Diagnostic Accuracy Based on the Biopsy Location. J Intensive Care Med 2016; 18:21-8. [PMID: 15189664 DOI: 10.1177/0885066602239121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates (DPI), especially those who present with respiratory distress (RD), may benefit from early open lung biopsy (OLB) to guide management. Benefits of urgent OLB would be expected by saving the time to reach accurate specific diagnoses. The objectives of this study were (1) to evaluate the impact of OLB between patients presenting with and without RD, (2) to focus on the impact of an urgent OLB as compared to an elective OLB, and (3) to compare the different yields of specific diagnoses in the middle lobe or lingula as compared to the other lobes. Thirty-four patients (17 patients presented with RD and 17 patients did not) with an average age of 43 years who presented with DPI were selected to undergo an OLB. An urgent OLB was performed in 11unselected patients. Twelve specimens from the middle lobe or lingula were compared to 25 specimens from the other lobes. The impact of the OLB results on decision making did not differ significantly between patients with and without RD. Patients with RD suffered a higher in-hospital mortality rate, OLB-related complications, and longer mechanical ventilation requirements than the patients without RD. The impact on decision making and complications between urgent OLB and elective OLB was comparable. The diagnostic yield from biopsy sites in the middle lobe or lingula resembled those specimens from the other lobes. The authors conclude that OLB may play a role in decision making for patients with DPI. However, OLB makes no difference in decision making between patients with and without RD. Patients with RD undergoing OLB procedures may suffer a poorer outcome. Urgent OLB may not benefit patients with DPI in decision making. The biopsy site does not appear to affect the accuracy of the diagnostic yield from an OLB procedure.
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- Ming-Lung Chuang
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Gupta S, Sultenfuss M, Romaguera JE, Ensor J, Krishnamurthy S, Wallace MJ, Ahrar K, Madoff DC, Murthy R, Hicks ME. CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsies in patients with haematologic malignancies and undiagnosed pulmonary lesions. Hematol Oncol 2010; 28:75-81. [PMID: 19728397 DOI: 10.1002/hon.923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We searched the electronic patient database at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center for patients who underwent computed tomography (CT)-guided needle biopsy between January 2001 and December 2005. Inclusion criteria were a known history of haematologic malignancy and a newly detected, undiagnosed pulmonary lesion on chest CT that required tissue sampling for diagnosis; 213 met these criteria. We analysed the biopsy results for diagnostic yield, factors affecting diagnostic yield and effect on treatment. Of 213 procedures, 191 (89.7%) yielded sufficient material for pathologic analysis; 130 (60%) yielded specific diagnoses, while 61 (28.6%) yielded nonspecific benign diagnoses. Lesions larger than 1 cm, cavitary lesions and lung masses were more likely to yield a specific diagnosis than were lesions smaller than 1 cm, lung nodules and consolidations. The most common specific diagnoses were malignancy (62.8%) and infection (34.3%). The latter was more common in patients with leukaemia, cavitary lung lesions or consolidations, active underlying malignancy, neutropenia, respiratory signs and symptoms and/or fever, bone marrow transplant recipients, and in patients receiving chemotherapy. Lung lesions discovered upon follow-up imaging in patients who did not have any respiratory signs/symptoms or fever were mostly malignant. Therapeutic changes were more likely after a specific diagnosis than after a nonspecific diagnosis or a nondiagnostic biopsy (88.4% vs. 18.1%; p < 0.0001). CT-guided lung biopsy has a high diagnostic yield in patients with haematologic malignancies that present with unexplained pulmonary lesions and provides a specific diagnosis in a majority of these patients, leading to therapeutic changes.
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- Sanjay Gupta
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Canzian M, de Matos Soeiro A, de Lima Taga MF, Farhat C, Barbas CSV, Capelozzi VL. Semiquantitative assessment of surgical lung biopsy: predictive value and impact on survival of patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrate. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2007; 62:23-30. [PMID: 17334546 DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322007000100005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2006] [Accepted: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Surgical lung biopsy has been studied in distinct populations, mostly going beyond clinical issues to impinge upon routine histopathological diagnostic information in diffuse infiltrates; however, detailed tissue analyses have rarely been performed. The present study was designed to investigate the prognostic contribution provided by detailed tissue analysis in diffuse infiltrates. METHODS Medical records and surgical lung biopsies from the period of 1982 to 2003 of 63 patients older than 18 years with diffuse infiltrates were retrospectively examined. Lung parenchyma was histologically divided into 4 anatomical compartments: interstitium, airways, vessels, and alveolar spaces. Histological changes throughout these anatomical compartments were then evaluated according to their acute or chronic evolutional character. A semiquantitative scoring system was applied to histologic findings to evaluate the intensity and extent of the pathological process. We applied logistic regression to predict the risk of death associated with acute and chronic histological changes and to estimate the odds ratios for each of the independent variables in the model. RESULTS Impact on survival was found for male gender (P = 0.03), presence of diffuse alveolar damage (P = 0.001), and chronic histological changes (P = 0.0004) on biopsy. Thus, being male was associated with a slightly lower risk (O.R. = 0.18; P=0.03) of dying than being female. Death risk was increased 17 times in the presence of acute histological changes such as diffuse alveolar damage and 2.5 times in the presence of chronic histological changes. CONCLUSION Detailed analysis of histological specimens can provide more than a nosological diagnosis: this approach can provide valuable information concerning prognosis.
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- Mauro Canzian
- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Heart Institute, Medical School, São Paulo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Canzian M, Soeiro ADM, Taga MFDL, Barbas CSV, Capelozzi VL. Correlation between surgical lung biopsy and autopsy findings and clinical data in patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and acute respiratory failure. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2006; 61:425-32. [PMID: 17072440 DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322006000500009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2006] [Accepted: 06/27/2006] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Surgical lung biopsy is an invasive procedure performed when other procedures have failed to provide an urgent and specific diagnosis, but there may be reluctance to perform it in critically ill patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. PURPOSE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy, the changes in therapy and survival of patients with diffuse lung infiltrates, mostly presenting acute respiratory failure, who underwent surgical biopsy. METHODS We retrospectively examined medical records and surgical lung biopsies from 1982 to 2003 of 63 patients older than 18 years with diffuse infiltrates. Clinical diagnoses were compared to histopathological ones, from biopsies and autopsies. Laboratory and epidemiological data were evaluated, and their relationship to hospital survival was analyzed. RESULTS All histological specimens exhibited abnormalities, mostly presenting benign/inflammatory etiologies. Fifteen patients had an etiologic factor determined in biopsy, most commonly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The preoperative diagnosis was rectified in 37 patients. Autopsies were obtained in 25 patients and confirmed biopsy results in 72% of cases. Therapy was changed for 65% of patients based on biopsy results. Forty-nine percent of patients survived to be discharged from the hospital. Characteristics that differed significantly between survivors and nonsurvivors included sex (P = 0.05), presence of comorbidity (P = 0.05), SpO2 (P = 0.05), and presence of diffuse alveolar damage in the biopsy (P = 0.004). CONCLUSION Surgical lung biopsy provided a specific, accurate etiologic diagnosis in many patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates when clinical improvement did not occur after standard treatment. Surgical lung biopsy may reveal a specific diagnosis that requires distinct treatment, and it would probably have an impact in lowering the mortality of these patients.
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- Mauro Canzian
- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Heart Institute, São Paulo University Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Barbas CSV, Capelozzi VL, Hoelz C, Magaldi RB, Souza RD, Sandeville ML, Campos JRMD, Werebe E, Andrade Filho LO, Knobel E. Impacto de biópsia pulmonar a céu aberto na insuficiência respiratória aguda refratária. J Bras Pneumol 2006. [DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132006000500008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJETIVO: Verificar o impacto dos resultados da biópsia pulmonar a céu aberto nas decisões que determinem mudanças nas estratégias de tratamento de pacientes críticos, com infiltrados pulmonares difusos e insuficiência respiratória aguda refratária, bem como na melhora de seu quadro clínico. MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados 12 pacientes com insuficiência respiratória aguda e sob ventilação mecânica, que foram submetidos à biópsia pulmonar a céu aberto (por toracotomia) após a ausência de resposta clínica ao tratamento padrão. RESULTADOS: A maior causa isolada de insuficiência respiratória aguda foi a infecção viral, identificada em 5 pacientes (40%). A avaliação pré-operatória da causa da insuficiência respiratória foi modificada em 11 pacientes (91,6%), e um diagnóstico específico foi feito em 100% dos casos. A taxa de mortalidade foi de 50%, a despeito das mudanças no regime terapêutico. Seis pacientes (50%) sobreviveram e obtiveram alta hospitalar. Todos os pacientes que obtiveram alta sobreviveram por pelo menos um ano após a biópsia pulmonar a céu aberto, totalizando uma taxa de sobrevida em um ano de 50% dentre os 12 pacientes estudados. Quanto aos pacientes que faleceram no hospital, o tempo de sobrevida após a biópsia pulmonar a céu aberto foi de 14 + 10,8 dias. CONCLUSÃO: Concluímos que a biópsia pulmonar a céu aberto é uma ferramenta útil no controle da insuficiência respiratória aguda quando não se observa melhora clínica após o tratamento padrão, já que pode resultar em um diagnóstico específico que requeira tratamento distinto, provavelmente diminuindo a taxa de mortalidade desses pacientes.
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Vega-Briceño LE, Holmgren NL, Bertrand P, Rodríguez JI, Barriga F, Contreras I, Sánchez I. [Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in immunocompromised children: diagnostic yield and complications]. Arch Bronconeumol 2005; 40:570-4. [PMID: 15574271 DOI: 10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60377-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Immunocompromised children are at high risk for developing pneumonia due to opportunistic pathogens. The role of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in the evaluation of such patients is still controversial. MATERIAL AND METHOD We reviewed the hospital records of immunosuppressed patients with respiratory symptoms who had undergone BAL in the pediatric department of the Hospital Clinico de la Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. RESULTS Sixty-eight BAL were performed on 54 children (mean age: 7.5 years) receiving wide-spectrum antibiotic treatment. The most frequent respiratory signs and symptoms were fever (90%) and cough and respiratory distress (81%); 18% had neutropenia and 43% thrombocytopenia. A specific pathogen was identified in BAL samples for 25 patients (37%). The pathogens isolated were bacteria in 21 cases, viruses in 6, Pneumocystis carinii in 5, fungi in 4, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in one. Fourteen (19%) of the children who underwent BAL were on mechanical ventilation. Outcome was satisfactory in all cases. Twenty-one complications were recorded, 17 of which were minor (mild hypoxemia or fever) and 4 major, requiring tracheal intubation. No deaths were recorded. CONCLUSIONS Evaluation by fiberoptic bronchoscopy together with BAL proved to be a safe procedure with an adequate diagnostic yield that made it possible to determine the etiology of the pulmonary infiltrates seen in chest x-rays. Both positive and negative results of BAL were useful for treating the patients.
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- L E Vega-Briceño
- Sección de Respiratorio Pediátrico, Departamento de Pediatría, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
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Vega-Briceño L, Holmgren N, Bertrand P, Rodríguez J, Barriga F, Contreras I, Sánchez I. Utilidad del lavado broncoalveolar en niños inmunodeprimidos: rendimiento y complicaciones. Arch Bronconeumol 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(04)75594-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jones AT, du Bois RM, Wells AU. The pulmonary physician in critical care. Illustrative case 2: interstitial lung disease. Thorax 2003; 58:361-4. [PMID: 12668805 PMCID: PMC1746654 DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.4.361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The case history of a patient admitted to the ICU with interstitial lung disease deteriorating to respiratory failure is presented. Problems in distinguishing between infection and disease progression are discussed and the role of transplantation in ventilated patients is examined.
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- A T Jones
- Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6LR, UK
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OBJECTIVE In patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, when empiric therapy or less-invasive diagnostic procedures fail, physicians frequently resort to open lung biopsy (OLB) to provide a definite diagnosis and to help redirect therapeutic treatment. OLB is still widely regarded as a safe diagnostic procedure, even in the critically ill child. The objective of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of this view with regard to children with acute respiratory failure (ARF) and, for this purpose, compares the mortality and morbidity of such patients with those without ARF. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Forty-two patients (mean age, 6.6 years) underwent 47 OLBs for undiagnosed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates between July 1984 and December 1994. Twenty-six patients (55%) were in ARF. Fifteen of these patients were intubated and receiving mechanical ventilatory support before the OLB procedure. RESULTS The overall incidence of serious complications associated with the OLB procedure was 51%. Of the patients with ARF, 17 (65%) had at least one major complication compared with 3 (14%) of the patients without ARF. Pleural air complications (62% of the total) occurred only in patients with ARF: pneumothoraces and/or prolonged air leaks developed in 10 (38%) after their OLBs; 9 of these patients died, and 7 had pneumothorax complicating their chest tube removal, which required replacement chest tubes. All patients with ARF preoperatively required prolonged ventilatory support after the OLB procedure, whereas 90% of the patients without ARF could be extubated within 24 hours. Overall, 10 patients (24%) died after the OLB procedure. All deaths occurred in patients with ARF. Both ARF preoperatively and the presence of postoperative complications were significantly associated with decreased survival. CONCLUSIONS The morbidity and mortality rates of children with ARF undergoing OLB for diffuse pulmonary infiltrates differ considerably from those of children without ARF. For children with ARF, OLB is associated with the risk of prolonged ventilatory support, recurrent pneumothoraces, and air leaks. These complications may be attributable to such patients' having diseased lungs with poor healing. Moreover, these complications may, in turn, contribute to the patients' poor outcomes.
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- L Davies
- Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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von Eiff M, Zühlsdorf M, Roos N, Thomas M, Büchner T, van de Loo J. Pulmonary infiltrates in patients with haematologic malignancies: clinical usefulness of non-invasive bronchoscopic procedures. Eur J Haematol Suppl 1995; 54:157-62. [PMID: 7720835 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1995.tb00207.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In a prospective study 90 patients with haematologic malignancies (57 acute leukaemias, 6 Hodgkin's Diseases, 15 Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas, 12 other diseases), with fever exceeding 38.4 degrees C and newly developed pulmonary infiltrates underwent bronchoscopy obtaining bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial washings and protected brush specimen (n = 71). Pneumonias due to gram-negative bacteria (n = 38) and fungi (n = 34) were most frequent. Bronchoscopic specimens yielded 226 isolates (2 different organisms/bronchoscopy on average). 112 organisms were finally regarded as causing pneumonia. Sensitivity of bronchoscopy in diagnosing infectious episodes was 66%, but only 4 out of 13 non-infectious pulmonary infiltrates could be identified. Bronchoscopy was most effective in the diagnosis of pneumocystis carinii and herpes virus pneumonia, whereas sensitivity and specificity of detecting fungal and bacterial pneumonia were low. Empirical antimicrobial therapy was verified by evaluation of bronchoscopic samples in 25 out of 90 cases. Empirical therapy was successfully changed according to the results of invasive samplings in 34 out of 90 cases. Early identification of causative pathogens had a significant impact on survival.
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- M von Eiff
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Münster, Germany
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OBJECTIVE The author reviews the current state of the art of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the context of modern thoracic surgical practice. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Thoracoscopy has been a part of thoracic surgical practice for many years, but was used mainly for diagnosis of pleural disease. The development of laparoscopic cholecystectomy awakened a new interest in this technique and led to the development of many new therapeutic and diagnostic applications of video-assisted thoracic surgery. METHODS Current literature and the author's personal experience with more than 500 cases are reviewed. RESULTS Video-assisted techniques have proven useful for the performance of a broad spectrum of thoracic surgical procedures. Patients may experience less pain and have a shorter hospital stay after a video-assisted procedure. Definitive proof of less morbidity when compared with the analagous open procedure remains to be determined. Patient acceptance has been high, and most thoracic surgeons use these techniques in their practice. CONCLUSIONS Video-assisted thoracic surgical procedures have made a significant impact on the practice of thoracic surgery. Advantages and disadvantages of specific procedures remain to be definitively determined. Surgeons have learned these techniques and have kept morbidity to acceptance levels during the learning phase. Where these techniques ultimately fit into the overall practice remains to be determined as more experience is gained.
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- L R Kaiser
- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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LoCicero J. Does every patient with enigmatic lung disease deserve a lung biopsy? The continuing dilemma. Chest 1994; 106:706-8. [PMID: 8082344 DOI: 10.1378/chest.106.3.706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Define the negative predictive factors for survival in patients who undergo open-lung biopsy. DESIGN Retrospective analysis from July 1988 through January 1992 (prior to widespread use of video-assisted techniques). Factors included in analysis were: oxygen therapy, requirement for intubation, and HIV status. Also analyzed were the accuracy of the preoperative presumptive diagnosis and the outcome of therapy. SETTING University hospital in an urban area with active medical and surgical critical care services. PATIENTS All patients who underwent open-lung biopsy during the study design period. Patients excluded were those with lung transplants and one patient who had a thoracoscopic biopsy. Forty-eight lung biopsies were performed and 31 patients without AIDS and 15 with AIDS. Twenty-four (16 without AIDS, 8 with AIDS) were receiving oxygen therapy, met intubation criteria, or were intubated and ventilated at the time of biopsy. The indications were undiagnosed nodular or interstitial lung disease. INTERVENTIONS Presurgical evaluation included a preoperative diagnostic algorithm of transthoracic needle biopsy and nodular disease (9 patients) and at least one bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial biopsy in interstitial disease (22 patients). Seven patients with nodular disease and nine with infiltrate had no preoperative procedures. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Lung biopsy obtained at definitive diagnosis in 98 percent of patients. Biopsy significantly altered therapy in 79 percent (81 percent without AIDS, 73 percent with AIDS). Postoperatively, in-hospital mortality was 8 (17 percent): 5 (16 percent) without AIDS and 3 (20 percent) with AIDS p > 0.1. Mortality rates showed patients without respiratory compromise, 4.2 percent (7 percent without AIDS, 0 percent with AIDS); patients receiving oxygen therapy, 6 percent (10 percent without AIDS; 0 percent with AIDS); patients who met intubation criteria, 60 percent (33 percent without AIDS, 100 percent with AIDS); patients who were ventilated, 75 percent (66 percent without AIDS [p < 0.05], 100 percent with AIDS [p < 0.05]. CONCLUSION We recommend that the decision for lung biopsy be individualized based on respiratory status.
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- J LoCicero
- New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02215
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Trachiotis GD, Hafner GH, Hix WR, Aaron BL. Role of open lung biopsy in diagnosing pulmonary complications of AIDS. Ann Thorac Surg 1992; 54:898-901; discussion 902. [PMID: 1417282 DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(92)90644-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Over a 4-year period, 25 patients with pulmonary complications of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome underwent open lung biopsy for diagnosis. Results of the biopsy led to a change in therapy in 15, and of this group, 8 patients improved clinically and were discharged. We believe that a select group of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with pulmonary disease will benefit from open lung biopsy. Our indications for open lung biopsy are (1) a nondiagnostic bronchoscopy, (2) failed medical therapy after a diagnostic bronchoscopy, (3) failed empiric medical therapy after a nondiagnostic bronchoscopy or after a second nondiagnostic bronchoscopy, and (4) when any of the forementioned are accompanied with a worsening chest roentgenogram. Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who have a deteriorating respiratory status or require mechanical ventilation should not undergo open lung biopsy.
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- G D Trachiotis
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037
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Wagner JD, Stahler C, Knox S, Brinton M, Knecht B. Clinical utility of open lung biopsy for undiagnosed pulmonary infiltrates. Am J Surg 1992; 164:104-7; discussion 108. [PMID: 1636888 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80364-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Open lung biopsy (OLB) is often performed as the definitive diagnostic procedure in patients with undiagnosed pulmonary infiltrates, but controversy exists as to the clinical utility of this practice. A retrospective review of 50 consecutive patients who underwent OLB for undiagnosed pulmonary infiltrates was done to assess the diagnostic value as well as the frequency with which these results affected therapy and mortality. Histologic tissue diagnoses were obtained in all patients. Specific pathologic diagnoses were obtained in 56% of patients, nonspecific in 44%. Lobar or lateralized infiltrates were more likely to yield a specific diagnosis (87%) than diffuse, bilateral infiltrates (42%). Thirty-four patients (68%) had previously had a nondiagnostic transbronchial biopsy; 58% of these patients had a specific diagnosis established by OLB. Twelve patients (24%) were in acute respiratory failure at the time of OLB; this group had a 50% mortality rate as compared with only 2.6% for patients not in acute respiratory failure (p less than 0.01). Therapy was altered (new specific or nonspecific treatment initiated or therapy withdrawn) in 78% of patients undergoing OLB. Thirty-day in-hospital survival was significantly higher in patients for whom either specific or nonspecific therapy was indicated and initiated versus those in whom no therapy was initiated or all therapy was withdrawn (mortality: 5.5% versus 35.7%; p = 0.01). Mortality was not related to the presence of immunosuppression or to the finding of a specific diagnosis. The overall mortality rate of 14% in this series compares favorably with mortality rates found in similar series, reflecting differences in patient populations and possibly the timing of intervention. OLB remains a clinically valuable diagnostic tool in selected patients.
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- J D Wagner
- Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
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Choudhry VP, Choudhary S. Pulmonary infections in immunocompromised children. Indian J Pediatr 1989; 56:733-45. [PMID: 2700564 DOI: 10.1007/bf02724457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Stokes DC, Shenep JL, Parham D, Bozeman PM, Marienchek W, Mackert PW. Role of flexible bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in pediatric patients with cancer. J Pediatr 1989; 115:561-7. [PMID: 2795346 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(89)80281-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We reviewed 60 consecutive flexible bronchoscopies done during a 36-month period in 48 pediatric cancer patients with undiagnosed pulmonary infiltrates. Diagnostic procedures during bronchoscopy included 40 brushings, 50 bronchoalveolar lavages, and 6 transbronchial and mucosal biopsies. A total of 16 specific diagnoses were made by bronchoscopy (27% diagnostic yield), including infection (12), pulmonary leukemia (3), and lymphoma (1). The largest proportion of specific diagnoses came from lavage (14/50) and the smallest from brushings (1/40). Biopsies were also useful for selected patients. The low overall yield for bronchoscopy was probably due to the routine use of empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics and antifungal therapy, as well as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis. Subsequent specific diagnoses were obtained by other procedures (open biopsy, needle aspiration, or autopsy) for 10 patients with negative bronchoscopy results and 3 patients with diagnostic bronchoscopies. These additional diagnoses included 7 infections (Pneumocystis carinii (1), Candida tropicalis (1), cytomegalovirus (1), and Aspergillus (4), and 6 other diagnoses with nonspecific histologic findings. A positive bronchoscopy result may be useful, but negative bronchoscopy findings do not justify delaying other diagnostic procedures or discontinuing antibiotic and antifungal therapy in children with cancer and pulmonary infiltrates.
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- D C Stokes
- Cardiopulmonary-Critical Care Division, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38101-0318
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Dorca J. Tecnicas invasivas en el diagnostico de las neumonias. Arch Bronconeumol 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)31692-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Walker WA, Cole FH, Khandekar A, Mahfood SS, Watson DC. Does open lung biopsy affect treatment in patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)34543-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Green DM, Finklestein JZ, Tefft ME, Norkool P. Diffuse interstitial pneumonitis after pulmonary irradiation for metastatic Wilms' tumor. A report from the National Wilms' Tumor Study. Cancer 1989; 63:450-3. [PMID: 2536290 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19890201)63:3<450::aid-cncr2820630310>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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To evaluate the frequency, etiology, and outcome of diffuse interstitial pneumonitis after treatment of children with Stage IV (favorable histologic type) Wilms' tumor using whole-lung and abdominal radiation therapy, and combination chemotherapy, all cases reported in such patients entered on National Wilms' Tumor Study 3 were reviewed. Diffuse interstitial pneumonitis was reported in 13.0% of patients. The etiology was varicella, one patient; Pneumocystis carinii, three patients; and unknown, 15 patients. The time elapsed after the completion of whole-lung irradiation did not distinguish those patients with pneumonitis due to P. carinii from those with pneumonitis of unknown etiology. All three children with pneumonitis due to P. carinii survived the episode, whereas only four of 15 (27%) patients with pneumonitis of unknown etiology survived the episode. Management of Wilms' tumor patients who develop diffuse interstitial pneumonitis after whole-lung irradiation should include a diagnostic procedure known to be sensitive for the diagnosis of P. carinii infection.
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- D M Green
- Department of Pediatrics, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263
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In an immunocompromised patient with fever and pulmonary infiltrates, it frequently is difficult to decide which invasive procedure, if any, to use to obtain a definitive diagnosis. Because most lung infiltrates in immunosuppressed patients are caused by bacteria and sputum usually is readily available for examination, empiric therapy with potent, safe, broad spectrum, antibacterial drugs often is successful. Invasive procedures that prove a diagnosis may result in substantive changes in therapy in perhaps as few as 10 to 20 per cent of patients, and the procedure itself may harm the patient. In a unique study in which patients with acute pneumonitis without neutropenia were randomized to either empiric antibiotic treatment or treatment based on results of open lung biopsy, patients with open lung biopsy had a worse outcome, possibly related to morbidity of open lung biopsy. Furthermore, no diagnoses were provided by open lung biopsy that were not treated by the empiric regimen. A missed treatable disease may be tragic, however. A thoughtful clinician must evaluate each patient with careful consideration of the history in light of the underlying disease and its treatment, rapidity of clinical course, physical examination, and laboratory data, particularly the chest radiograph, sputum examination, and bleeding parameters. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy with washings and brushings is very safe; the addition of transbronchial biopsy adds diagnostic power at the price of some complications. Bronchoalveolar lavage is a very promising technique that probably will find widespread use. However, none of the foregoing techniques is completely sensitive. When no diagnosis is established and bronchoscopy studies are negative, open lung biopsy must be considered, especially when the chest radiograph or computed tomography scan suggests focal disease or lymphadenopathy. Needle aspiration can be used, particularly if local experience is favorable and lung disease is peripheral. When evaluating a procedure, local experience must be considered rather than reliance on published diagnostic yields and complication rates. New diagnostic and therapeutic developments may change decision analysis in the near future. At present, cultures for viruses and fungi and serologic techniques have little application at most medical centers, and decisions on data from invasive procedures pivot on interpretation of histology and smears. Development of assays for antigen (for example, Aspergillus) and rapid culture techniques (for example, cytomegalovirus and the shell vial method), coupled with new, effective antimicrobials, may demand maximum effort for a definitive diagnosis in every patient.
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Shorter NA, Ross AJ, August C, Schnaufer L, Zeigler M, Templeton JM, Bishop H, O'Neill JA. The usefulness of open-lung biopsy in the pediatric bone marrow transplant population. J Pediatr Surg 1988; 23:533-7. [PMID: 3047358 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(88)80363-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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From October 1976 to October 1986, 126 children had bone marrow transplants at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The indications were acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) (30), nonlymphocytic leukemia (24), aplastic anemia (15), solid tumors (47), and miscellaneous conditions (10). Of these, 21 (17%) underwent 22 open-lung biopsies. Fourteen of these patients showed no causative microorganism. When a cause was found it was viral (usually cytomegalovirus [CMV]) in three, fungal in one, Pneumocystis carinii alone in two, both viral and pneumocystis in one, and a combination of viral, bacterial, and pneumocystis in one. Thirteen patients died due to continued deterioration after the biopsy. In only two patients was there a significant change in antimicrobial therapy as a result of the biopsy. Both had Pneumocystis (one in combination with virus and bacteria). One patient with chronic infiltrates showed a lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, which responded well to steroids. Open-lung biopsy is currently of limited value in this patient population. Survival is dismal unless the patient has Pneumocystis. We believe that prospective studies should be set up to compare open-lung biopsy with empiric antimicrobial therapy. A major emphasis must be on prevention.
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- N A Shorter
- Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Walsh TJ. The Febrile Granulocytopenic Patient in the Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Clin 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0704(18)30492-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Kaiser LR, Hiatt JR. Sugical Considerations in the Management of the Immunocompromised Patient. Crit Care Clin 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0704(18)30512-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Doolin EJ, Luck SR, Sherman JO, Raffensperger JG. Emergency lung biopsy: friend or foe of the immunosuppressed child? J Pediatr Surg 1986; 21:485-7. [PMID: 3487631 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(86)80217-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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An acute pneumonic process in an immunosuppressed child poses a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. These patients tolerate infection poorly. An open lung biopsy may provide prompt diagnosis. Nevertheless, a beneficial change in therapy that results in survival does not necessarily follow. Fifty-six immunosuppressed children with acute respiratory symptoms and interstitial pulmonary infiltrates underwent lung biopsy from 1974 to 1985. The most common underlying diagnosis was acute lymphocytic leukemia (60%). A specific etiology was determined in 46 (82%). Operative morbidity in 52% included prolonged intubation, recurrent pneumothorax, and hemorrhage. Overall, mortality was 34%. Those patients with solid tumor and those who required postoperative ventilation had a statistically significant higher mortality than all others. We defined biopsy "patient benefit" as follows: (1) the biopsy yielded an etiology for which a change of treatment was required; and (2) the child survived this acute illness. Despite the successful diagnostic results of this procedure, only 13 (23%) of the patients derived clinical benefit. Even though a specific infectious etiology was diagnosed in 39 (69%) patients only ten (18%) of these improved and survived after an appropriate change in therapy. Eight of these had Pneumocystis carinii. One survivor benefited from the treatment of documented radiation pneumonitis. Another was successfully treated for graft v host reaction but this diagnosis also was made by skin biopsy. One half of the biopsies were performed very early in the course of the illness, specifically to exclude Pneumocystis carinii of which we saw a peak incidence in 1978 to 1979.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Pass HI, Potter D, Shelhammer J, Macher A, Ognibene FP, Longo DL, Gelmann E, Masur H, Roth JA. Indications for and diagnostic efficacy of open-lung biopsy in the patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Ann Thorac Surg 1986; 41:307-12. [PMID: 3954503 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62776-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pulmonary infiltrates in the patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) may be associated with a spectrum of unusual neoplastic and infectious process. Transbronchial biopsy frequently reveals the cause of these infiltrates; however, when transbronchial biopsy is nondiagnostic or contraindicated, or if the patient fails to improve after a diagnostic transbronchial biopsy, further investigation is warranted to direct appropriate therapy. Efficacy of 23 open-lung biopsies in 19 AIDS patients with pulmonary infiltrates was evaluated to define the indications for and the diagnostic yield of open-lung biopsy. Pulmonary infiltrates were recognized for a mean duration (+/- standard error) of 16 +/- 2 days before open-lung biopsy and were associated with fever and cough. These patients did not have prior transbronchial biopsy, and open-lung biopsy was diagnostic in all of these. Prior transbronchial biopsy performed in the remaining 16 patients was nondiagnostic in 10. Open-lung biopsy was diagnostic in 70% of these patients (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, 2 patients; Kaposi's sarcoma, 3 patients; Kaposi's sarcoma and Legionella pneumophila, 1 patient; cytomegalovirus, 1 patient). The other 6 patients having a previous diagnostic transbronchial biopsy failed to improve with therapy, and open-lung biopsy resulted in a therapeutic change in 67% of these patients. Two deaths were attributable to open-lung biopsy in patients with postoperative thrombocytopenic hemorrhage. Open-lung biopsy should be performed in AIDS patients when transbronchial biopsy is nondiagnostic or contraindicated, or in patients who fail to improve with appropriate therapy after diagnostic transbronchial biopsy, especially in patients with Kaposi's sarcoma.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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