Retrospective cross-sectional study on bronchiectasis in adult Aboriginal Australians: disease characteristics and comparison with ethnically diverse global bronchiectasis registry cohorts.

Background: Globally, adult Indigenous people, including Aboriginal Australians, have a high burden of chronic respiratory disorders, and bronchiectasis is no exception. However, literature detailing bronchiectasis disease characteristics among adult Indigenous people is sparse. This study assessed the clinical profile of bronchiectasis among adult Aboriginal Australians and compared against previously published international bronchiectasis registry reports.

Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Cryobiopsy Forceps Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules: A Prospective Randomised Trial.

Background: Improvements in pulmonary diagnostic imaging and the development of lung cancer screening are increasing the prevalence of Solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). Fluoroscopically guided radial endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) with transbronchial forceps biopsy (TB-FB) has been the conventional diagnostic method. Transbronchial cryobiopsy (TB-CB) is an alternative biopsy method.

A 6-year experience of Zephyr endobronchial valves for severe emphysema in an Australian single-centre cohort.

Background: Endobronchial valve (EBV) insertion for lung volume reduction is a management option for patients with severe emphysema. One-way valves cause lobar deflation and improve lung function, exercise capacity and quality of life.

Aims: To retrospectively analyse and compare the outcomes of the first 57 patients treated with EBVs between 2015 and 2021 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital to international standards.