This report is to complement the original Fleischner Society recommendations for incidentally
detected solid nodules by proposing a set of recommendations specifically aimed at …

The American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society jointly created a Task Force
on “Outcomes for COPD pharmacological trials: from lung function to biomarkers” to inform …

Asthma control is improved by combining inhaled corticosteroids with long-acting β 2 -agonists.
However, fluctuating asthma control still occurs. We hypothesized that in patients …

To provide clinical diagnostic criteria for pulmonary embolism (PE), we evaluated 750
consecutive patients with suspected PE who were enrolled in the Prospective Investigative Study …

(CT) angiography in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) has dramatically increased
as a consequence of major advances in CT technology. The question now no longer …

To assess the value of perfusion lung scan in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, we
prospectively evaluated 890 consecutive patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Prior to …

The purpose of this statement is to describe and define the phenotypic abnormalities that can
be identified on visual and quantitative evaluation of computed tomographic (CT) images …

Improvement in the ability to determine the specific cause of any given case of pulmonary
edema would lead to more rapid and definitive treatment. "Wedge" pressures and …

PURPOSE: Echocardiography is advocated by some as a useful diagnostic test for patients
with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), but its diagnostic accuracy is unknown. The …

Objective To evaluate the reliability, by comparison with established techniques, of a new
method to assess cardiac output, called pressure recording analytical method (PRAM), …