Optimization of Subglottic View During Flexible Laryngoscopy With Patient Positioning.

Objective: Determine the ideal head position to optimize visualization of the subglottis using flexible laryngoscopy.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Outpatient multidisciplinary airway clinic at a tertiary care center.

Acute decompensation of patient following an outpatient CT-guided needle biopsy: A case report.

A 74-year-old female with history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and uterine adenocarcinoma presented for CT-guided lung biopsy that was ultimately complicated by an arterial air embolus requiring intensive care. Systemic air embolism is a very rare event but can be devastating. Prompt recognition can be difficult due to an often-vague presentation but is essential and should be considered upon rapid deterioration of a patient's status following high risk procedures.

Aerosol Generation During Bronchoscopy.

Background: Bronchoscopy is an aerosol-generating procedure and can place the health care providers at risk for exposure to viral pathogens. The pattern of aerosol generation during  different aspects of bronchoscopy are poorly understood. The goal of this study is to characterize the pattern of aerosol generation during flexible and rigid bronchoscopy performed under moderate sedation or general anesthesia (GA).

Embolization of pulmonary artery aneurysms in a patient with Behçet's disease complicated by coil erosion into the airway.

Behçet's disease is an inflammatory vasculitis with the unique feature of pulmonary artery aneurysms. We describe a patient with Behçet's disease and pulmonary artery aneurysms who presented with massive hemoptysis treated by coil embolization. Although there was immediate resolution of hemoptysis and improvement in hemodynamic status, 2 months later the patient reported a refractory cough and feeling of foreign body in her throat.

Core needle biopsy with endobronchial ultrasonography: single center experience with 100 cases.

Introduction: Adequate sampling by endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-transbronchial needle aspiration to meet the demands of precision medicine or histologic evaluation is challenging. There is increasing demand for core biopsy specimens with advances in therapy. Franseen enodoscopic ultrasound needles have shown promising results in gastroenterology application for obtaining core biopsies and same design has recently been extended for pulmonary use.