Utility of microbiologic testing in surveillance bronchoscopy following lung transplantation: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: The utility of surveillance bronchoscopy (SB) for the clinical management of lung transplant recipients (LTRs) is undefined. This study evaluates the role of SB in the monitoring and care of LTRs.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed all LTRs who had SB at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan between August 2014 and August 2019.

Cardiac arrest from massive PE in nephrotic syndrome successfully treated with embolectomy and ECMO.

Pulmonary emboli (PE) are commonly encountered events with presentations ranging from benign incidental findings to obstructive shock. We present a case of a 20 year old male with nephrotic syndrome who suffered complete cardiovascular collapse with cardiac arrest in the setting of a massive PE, requiring open surgical embolectomy and ECMO support. We reviewed the literature on massive PE's focusing on the use of ECMO and success of the rarely performed open embolectomy for the treatment of obstructive shock from a massive PE.

Sepsis outcomes in patients receiving statins prior to hospitalization for sepsis: comparison of in-hospital mortality rates between patients who received atorvastatin and those who received simvastatin.

Background: The purpose of this study is to compare the in-hospital mortality rates between septic patients receiving statins and those that did not prior to developing sepsis. We compared subgroups receiving atorvastatin and simvastatin because these two drugs differ in their pharmacologic properties.

Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of patients selected from an institutional data base of patients hospitalized with sepsis.